Definition of contagium in US English:
contagium
nounPlural contagia kənˈtājəmkənˈtājəm
A substance or agent, such as a virus, by which a contagious disease is transmitted.
Example sentencesExamples
- Unfortunately, the contagium - the virus - infects everyone and someone higher up orders the total destruction of this people.
- Dutch botanist Martinus Bijerinck called this infectious fluid contagium vivum fluidum.
- Because it never matters until we're waist deep in the lukewarm contagium known as an election year.