adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
infectious/contagious (= that spreads quickly from one person to another )
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The disease is highly contagious.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
highly
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He was found to be highly contagious and received 37 days of in-patient treatment.
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The highly contagious phrase quickly infected the international media and spread across the globe in a matter of days.
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Moreover, where labour disputes in small enterprises might cause little stir, stoppages in major plants proved highly contagious .
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For example, recessions and inflations can be highly contagious among nations.
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Power that comes from who you are and how you represent yourself and behave towards others is highly contagious .
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But as we know, foot and mouth is fairly harmless, though highly contagious .
■ NOUN
disease
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Like the contagious diseases defeat, Simon's resignation was received as a serious blow by the medical profession.
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For many patients, acute care came in county or city general hospitals where patients with contagious diseases were sent.
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Should she concoct some story about him having a violently contagious disease ?
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Each hospital that took patients with contagious diseases established quarantine periods.
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The purpose of the statute was to lessen the risk of cattle catching a contagious disease while in transit.
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He immediately ordered a spinal tap that confirmed polio, and she was moved to the floor for contagious diseases .
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In the 1860s medical interventions into the contagious diseases debate polarized earlier representations of female sexuality.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Chicken pox is a highly contagious disease.
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Hardy has a booming voice and a contagious enthusiasm.
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Most eye infections are contagious .
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People with measles are highly contagious .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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For many patients, acute care came in county or city general hospitals where patients with contagious diseases were sent.
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Furthermore, there were many differences of opinion regarding the question of just how contagious leprosy was and how it was transmitted.
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Moreover, where labour disputes in small enterprises might cause little stir, stoppages in major plants proved highly contagious .
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Part of this comes from a superstitious but unacknowledged sense that grief is contagious and unlucky.
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Plus, such jobs are contagious .
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The highly contagious phrase quickly infected the international media and spread across the globe in a matter of days.
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Without proper treatment, sufferers from tuberculosis of the lung can be contagious all their life.