Contagion


(n.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.


(n.) That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.


(n.) The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.


(n.) Venom; poison.



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