- the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact.
- a disease so communicated.
- the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted.
- harmful or undesirable contact or influence.
- the ready transmission or spread as of an idea or emotion from person to person: a contagion of fear.
- the transmission of disease from one person to another by direct or indirect contact
- a contagious disease
- another name for contagium
- a corrupting or harmful influence that tends to spread; pollutant
- the spreading of an emotional or mental state among a number of people
