contagion (noun)
1contagion — ► NOUN ▪ the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact. ORIGIN Latin, from con together with + tangere to touch …
2contagion — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Latin contagion , contagio, from contingere to have contact with, pollute more at contingent Date: 14th century 1. a. a contagious disease b. the transmission of a disease by direct or ind …
3contagion — noun (C, U) 1 technical a situation in which a disease is spread by people touching each other: The danger of contagion was now very small. 2 technical a disease that can be passed from person to person by touch 3 formal a feeling or attitude… …
4contagion — noun a) A disease spread by contact b) The spread or transmission of such a disease …
5contagion — Excess correlation of delivering or bond returns. For example, under usual conditions we might observe a certain level of correlation of market returns. A period of contagion would be associated with much higher than expected correlation. Some… …
6contagion — UK [kənˈteɪdʒ(ə)n] / US [kənˈteɪdʒən] noun Word forms contagion : singular contagion plural contagions 1) a) [uncountable] medical a situation in which a disease can be spread from one person or animal to another through touch or through the air… …
7contagion — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. infection; epidemic, pestilence, virus; transfer, transmission. See disease. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Infection] Syn. transmittal, transmission, communication; see contamination , infection 1 . 2.… …
8contagion — con|ta|gion [ kən teıdʒən ] noun 1. ) uncount MEDICAL a situation in which a disease can be spread from one person to another through touch or through the air a ) count a disease that can be spread from one person to another through touch or… …
9contagion — [kən teɪdʒ(ə)n] noun the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact. ↘dated a disease spread by close contact. Origin ME: from L. contagio(n ), from con together with + the base of tangere to touch …
10contagion — /kənˈteɪdʒən/ (say kuhn tayjuhn) noun 1. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. 2. a disease so communicated. 3. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. 4. pestilential influence; hurtful contact or influence …