Contagion

Contagion
Contagion Con*ta"gion (k[o^]n*t[=a]"j[u^]n), 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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night? --Shak. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton. [1913 Webster]

4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] ``I'll touch my point with this contagion.'' --Shak.

Syn: See {Infection}. [1913 Webster]


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  • contagion — CONTAGION. s. f. Communication d une maladie maligne, soit par attouchement, soit par respiration, ou autrement. Ce mal se prend par contagion. Il signifie aussi plus ordinairement, La maladie qu on nomme Peste. Grande contagion. il y a de la… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

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  • Contagion — (engl. für „Ansteckende Krankheit“ oder „Seuche“) steht für: Contagion, Originaltitel des Films Ebola – Anschlag auf den Präsidenten aus dem Jahr 2002 Contagion (Film), US amerikanischer Science Fiction Thriller des Regisseurs Steven Soderbergh… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • contagion — late 14c., from O.Fr. contagion, from L. contagionem (nom. contagio) a touching, contact, contagion, related to contingere touch closely (see CONTACT (Cf. contact)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • contagion — [kən tā′jən] n. [ME contagioun < L contagio, a touching < contingere: see CONTACT] 1. the spreading of disease from one individual to another by direct or indirect contact 2. any disease thus spread; contagious disease 3. the causative… …   English World dictionary

  • Contagion — (v. lat.), Ansteckung; Contagium, Ansteckungsstoff; Contagios, ansteckend, bes. Contagiöse Krankheiten; Contagiosität, die Fähigkeit angesteckt zu werden, s.d.a. unter Ansteckung. Solche Ärzte, welche die Ursache einer herrschenden Krankheit im… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

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  • contagion — index contaminate, disease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

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