contagion
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—contagioned, adj.
/keuhn tay"jeuhn/, n.
1. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
2. a disease so communicated.
3. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted.
4. harmful or undesirable contact or influence.
5. the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear.
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1350-1400; ME ( < MF) < L contagion- (s. of contagio) contact, infection, equiv. to con- CON- + tag- (var. s. of tangere to touch) + -ion- -ION; cf. CONTACT]
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