contagion
contagion is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The contagion of example." Eikon Basilike. When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.
- 3.Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this contagion." Shak.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
- see infection
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- azotic
- catching
- contagious
- deadly
- death
- deleterious
- epidemic
- epizootic
- indigestible
- infectious
- innutritious
- insalubrious
- insalubrity
- killing
- malaria
- mephitic
- morbific
- narcotic
- noisome
- noxious
- pestiferous
- pestilent
- pestilential
- plague
- poison
- poisonous
- pot
- septic
- spot
- taking
- the
- toxic
- toxicity
- venomous
- virulent
- zymotic
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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