CONTAGION


Meaning of CONTAGION in English

n. 1 a the communication of disease from one person to another by bodily contact. b a contagious disease. 2 a contagious or harmful influence. 3 moral corruption, esp. when tending to be widespread.

[ ME f. L contagio (as com-, tangere touch) ]

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