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contagious
(encz) | contagious,nakažlivý adj: Robert Svoboda |
Contagious
(gcide) | Contagious \Con*ta"gious\, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F.
contagieux.]
1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily
exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
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2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous;
as, contagious air.
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3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting
similar emotions or conduct in others.
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His genius rendered his courage more contagious.
--Wirt.
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The spirit of imitation is contagious. --Ames.
Syn: Contagious, Infectious.
Usage: Although often used as synonyms, originally these
words were used in very diverse senses; but, in
general, a contagious disease has been considered as
one which is caught from another by some near contact,
by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.; while an
infectious disease supposed some entirely different
cause acting by a hidden influence, like the miasma of
prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting the system
with disease. In either case, a pathogenic
microorganism is the direct cause of the disease. This
distinction, though not universally admitted by
medical men, as to the literal meaning of the words,
certainly applies to them in their figurative use.
Thus we speak of the contagious influence of evil
associates; their contagion of bad example, the
contagion of fear, etc., when we refer to transmission
by proximity or contact. On the other hand, we speak
of infection by bad principles, etc., when we consider
anything as diffused by some hidden influence.
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contagious
(wn) | contagious
adj 1: easily diffused or spread as from one person to another;
"a contagious grin"
2: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable,
transmissible, transmittable] |
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contagious abortion
(encz) | contagious abortion, n: |
contagious disease
(encz) | contagious disease, n: |
contagious laughter
(encz) | contagious laughter,nakažlivý smích |
contagious ward
(encz) | contagious ward,infekční pokoj určený pro infekční nemocné |
contagiously
(encz) | contagiously, |
contagiousness
(encz) | contagiousness,kontagiozita n: Zdeněk Brož |
noncontagious
(encz) | noncontagious,nenakažlivý noncontagious,nepřenášející nákazu |
Anticontagious
(gcide) | Anticontagious \An`ti*con*ta"gious\, a. (Med.)
Opposing or destroying contagion.
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Contagious
(gcide) | Contagious \Con*ta"gious\, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F.
contagieux.]
1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily
exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
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2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous;
as, contagious air.
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3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting
similar emotions or conduct in others.
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His genius rendered his courage more contagious.
--Wirt.
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The spirit of imitation is contagious. --Ames.
Syn: Contagious, Infectious.
Usage: Although often used as synonyms, originally these
words were used in very diverse senses; but, in
general, a contagious disease has been considered as
one which is caught from another by some near contact,
by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.; while an
infectious disease supposed some entirely different
cause acting by a hidden influence, like the miasma of
prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting the system
with disease. In either case, a pathogenic
microorganism is the direct cause of the disease. This
distinction, though not universally admitted by
medical men, as to the literal meaning of the words,
certainly applies to them in their figurative use.
Thus we speak of the contagious influence of evil
associates; their contagion of bad example, the
contagion of fear, etc., when we refer to transmission
by proximity or contact. On the other hand, we speak
of infection by bad principles, etc., when we consider
anything as diffused by some hidden influence.
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Contagious disease
(gcide) | Contagious disease \Con*ta"gious dis*ease"\ (Med.)
A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering
from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by,
such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved
to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the
transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not
contagious, some special method of transmission or
inoculation of the germs being required.
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Contagiously
(gcide) | Contagiously \Con*ta"gious*ly\, adv.
In a contagious manner.
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Contagiousness
(gcide) | Contagiousness \Con*ta"gious*ness\, n.
Quality of being contagious.
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Noncontagious
(gcide) | Noncontagious \Non`con*ta"gious\, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.
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Noncontagiousness
(gcide) | Noncontagious \Non`con*ta"gious\, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n.
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contagious abortion
(wn) | contagious abortion
n 1: an infectious disease of domestic animals often resulting
in spontaneous abortion; transmittable to human beings
[syn: brucellosis, contagious abortion, {Bang's
disease}] |
contagious disease
(wn) | contagious disease
n 1: any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn: {contagious
disease}, contagion] |
contagiously
(wn) | contagiously
adv 1: in a contagious manner; "she was contagiously bubbly"
[syn: contagiously, infectiously] |
noncontagious
(wn) | noncontagious
adj 1: (of disease) not capable of being passed on [syn:
noncommunicable, noncontagious, nontransmissible] |
CONTAGIOUS DISORDERS
(bouvier) | CONTAGIOUS DISORDERS, police, crim. law. Diseases which are capable of being
transmitted by mediate or immediate contact.
2. Unlawfully and injuriously to expose persons infected with the
smallpox or other contagious disease in the public streets where persons are
passing, or near the habitations of others, to their great danger, is
indictable at common law. 1 Russ. Cr. 114. Lord Hale seems to doubt whether
if a person infected with the plague, should go abroad with intent to infect
another, and another should be infected and die, it would not be murder; and
he thinks it clear that though there should be no such intent, yet if
another should be infected, it would be a great misdemeanor. 1 Pl. Cor. 422.
Vide 4 M. & S. 73, 272; Dane's Ab. h.t.
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