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Contagion Common

Contagion has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

any disease easily transmitted by contact

2

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

3

the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

"a contagion of mirth"

"the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

4

A disease spread by contact.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
communicable disease incident communication
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
influenza measles diphtheria scarlet fever pox Vincent's angina venereal disease
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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