CONTAGION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does contagion mean?
• CONTAGION (noun)
The noun CONTAGION has 3 senses:
The noun CONTAGION has 3 senses:
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
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
3. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Familiarity information: CONTAGION used as a noun is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
| Sense 1 | contagion [BACK TO TOP] |
Meaning:
Any disease easily transmitted by contact
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
contagion; contagious disease
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
communicable disease (a disease that can be communicated from one person to another)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "contagion"):
measles; morbilli; rubeola (an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children)
diphtheria (acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing)
scarlatina; scarlet fever (an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash)
pox (a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks)
trench mouth; Vincent's infection (an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane)
| Sense 2 | contagion [BACK TO TOP] |
Meaning:
An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
contagion; infection; transmission
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
incident (a single distinct event)
| Sense 3 | contagion [BACK TO TOP] |
Meaning:
The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
contagion; infection
Context examples:
a contagion of mirth / the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
Hypernyms ("contagion" is a kind of...):
communication (something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups)
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