CONTAGIUM


Meaning of CONTAGIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ kən-ˈtā-j(ē-)əm ]

noun

( plural con·ta·gia -j(ē-)ə)

Etymology: Latin, contagion, from contingere

Date: 1870

: an agent capable of causing a communicable disease

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.