contagion

Noun

Meaning

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

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.

The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm.

Venom; poison.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

transmission infection contagious disease black death bane disease plague venom blight pestilence transmittal cootie spread condition communication
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Antonyms

pharmaceutics treatment elixir advantage medicine therapy
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Hypernyms

communication incident communicable disease

Hyponyms

dose influenza diphtheria measles pox flu

Related terms

contagious

Phrases with the word

contagion effect incontradistinction to contagion

Anagrams

cognation

Examples

War is a contagion. Franklin D. Roosevelt

Ninety-nine per cent of the people in the world are fools and the rest of us are in great danger of contagion. Thornton Wilder

He who is the author of a war lets loose the whole contagion of hell and opens a vein that bleeds a nation to death. Thomas Paine

As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate. Hope is the thing that is left us in a bad time. E. B. White

As contagion of sickness makes sickness, contagion of trust can make trust. Marianne Moore

Only one form of contagion travels faster than a virus. And that's fear. Dan Brown

Close letter words and terms

contadina contadino contagiogram contagion effect contagioned contagionism