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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Contagion \Con*ta"gion\, n. [L. contagio: cf F. contagion. See {Contact}.] 1. (Med.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact Note: The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now abandoned. --Dunglison. And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night? --Shak. 2. 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. 3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as the contagion of enthusiasm. ``The contagion of example.'' --Eikon Basilike When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton. 4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] ``I'll touch my point with this contagion.'' --Shak. Syn: See {Infection}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: contagion n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: {contagious disease}] 2: an incident is which an infectious disease is transmitted [syn: {infection}, {transmission}]
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