- capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- carrying or spreading a contagious disease.
- tending to spread from person to person: contagious laughter.
- (of a disease) capable of being passed on by direct contact with a diseased individual or by handling clothing, etc, contaminated with the causative agent
- (of an organism) harbouring or spreading the causative agent of a transmissible disease
- causing or likely to cause the same reaction or emotion in several people; catching; infectious
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