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contagion
(encz) | contagion,nákaza n: Zdeněk Brož |
contagion
(encz) | contagion,nakažení n: [med.] luke |
Contagion
(gcide) | 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.
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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.
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And will he steal out of his wholesome bed
To dare the vile contagion of the night? --Shak.
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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.
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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.
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When lust . . .
Lets in defilement to the inward parts,
The soul grows clotted by contagion. --Milton.
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4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this
contagion." --Shak.
Syn: See Infection.
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contagion
(wn) | contagion
n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: {contagious
disease}, contagion]
2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
[syn: infection, contagion, transmission]
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" [syn: contagion, infection] |
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contagion
(encz) | contagion,nákaza n: Zdeněk Brožcontagion,nakažení n: [med.] luke |
Contagioned
(gcide) | Contagioned \Con*ta"gioned\, a.
Affected by contagion.
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Contagionist
(gcide) | Contagionist \Con*ta"gion*ist\, n.
One who believes in the contagious character of certain
diseases, as of yellow fever.
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Psychical contagion
(gcide) | Psychic \Psy"chic\, Psychical \Psy"chic*al\, a. [L. psychicus,
Gr. ?, fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F.
psychique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living
principle in man.
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Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have
employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the
living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or
spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word
describes the human soul in its relation to sense,
appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished
from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do
with the supersensible world. --Heyse.
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2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
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Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness (Med.), forms of
nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and
hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate
the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen.
Psychical contagion, the transference of disease,
especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force
of example.
Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which
treats of mental diseases.
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contagion
(wn) | contagion
n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: {contagious
disease}, contagion]
2: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
[syn: infection, contagion, transmission]
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" [syn: contagion, infection] |
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