contagionnoun [ U ]
uk/kənˈteɪ.dʒən/us/kənˈteɪ.dʒən/formalthe situation in which a disease is spread by touching someone or something:
The doctor says there's no chance/danger of contagion.
the situation in which feelings, ideas, or problems spread from one place to another:
Brazil's stock markets were battered by contagion from the problems in other emerging markets.
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Passing on illness & causing disease
- carrier
- carry
- catch
- epidemic
- harbour
- incubate
- infect
- infected
- infest
- insalubrious
- mediastinum
- non-communicable
- prophylactic
- transmission
- transmit
- unhygienic
- vector
- verminous
- virulence
- virulent
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