non-contagionistn.
/ˌnɒnkənˈteɪdʒ(ə)nɪst/, U.S. /ˌnɑnkənˈteɪdʒənəst/ Medicine. Now historical.
A person who believes that disease, or a disease (esp. yellow fever or cholera), is not contagious.
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localista1633
non-contagionist1824
infectionist1830
contagionist1831
solidist1842
naturist1848
neuropath1876
organicist1879
unicist1890
1824 N. Amer. Rev. Jan. 172 A foreign physician..ascertained the ratio of non-contagionists to be 567 to 28 contagionists.
a1836 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) VII. 817/1 Of 250 officers, comprising the medical staff in Bengal, all but one are non-contagionists.
1860 N. Amer. Rev. Oct. 457 It is the difference of opinion as to the manner in which diseases propagate themselves, between contagionists and non-contagionists, that causes all the discussion.
1988 Amer. Hist. Rev. 93 1017/2 Chervin,..a firm noncontagionist, believed that yellow fever..arose spontaneously.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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