Contagion (Noun)
Meaning 1
The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry".
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Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
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Meaning 2
Any disease easily transmitted by contact.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.
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- Measles
- Social Disease
- Vincent's Angina
- STD
- Scarlet Fever
- Cupid's Disease
- Trench Mouth
- Sexually Transmitted Disease
- Venereal Disease
- Dose
- Cupid's Itch
- Influenza
- Venus's Curse
- Grippe
- Diphtheria
- Morbilli
- Pox
- Venereal Infection
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Meaning 3
An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural events.