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contagious

Relating to contagion; communicable or transmissible by contact with the sick or their fresh secretions or excretions.

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con·ta·gious -jəs adj

1) communicable by contact <tuberculosis in the \contagious stage> compare INFECTIOUS (2)

2) bearing contagion <many persons...are \contagious long before they are aware of the presence of their disease (Jour. Amer. Med. Assoc.)>

3) used for contagious diseases <a \contagious ward>

con·ta·gious·ly adv

con·ta·gious·ness n

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con·ta·gious (kən-taґjəs) [L. contagiosus] capable of being transmitted from one individual to another; communicable. Cf. infectious.

Medical dictionary. 2011.