English-Thai Dictionary
contagion
N การ ติดต่อ ของ โรค โดย การสัมผัส infection transmission kan-tid-tor-kong-rok-doi-kan-sam-phad
contagion
N โรคติดต่อ ที่ แพร่กระจาย ด้วย การสัมผัส contagious disease rok-tid-tor-ti-prare-kra-jai-duai-kan-sam-phad
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
CONTAGION
n.[L., to touch. ] 1. Literally, a touch or touching. Hence, the communication of a disease by contact, or the matter communicated. More generally, that subtil matter which proceeds from a diseased person or body, and communicates the disease to another person; as in cases of small pox, measles, anginas, and malignant fevers; diseases which are communicated without contact. This contagion proceeds from the breath of the diseased, from the perspiration of other excretions.
2. That which communicates evil from one to another; infection; that which propagates mischief; as the contagion of vice or of evil examples.
3. Pestilence; a pestilential disease; venomous exhalations.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
CONTAGION
Con *ta "gion, n. Etym: [L. contagio: cf. F. contagion. See Contact. ]
1. (Med. )
Defn: The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.
Note: The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc. , but in this sense it is now abandoned. Dunglison. And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night Shak.
2. 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.
3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The contagion of example. " Eikon Basilike. When lust. .. Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.
4. Venom; poison. [Obs. ] "I'll touch my point with this contagion. " Shak.
Syn. -- See Infection.
CONTAGIONED
CONTAGIONED Con *ta "gioned, a.
Defn: Affected by contagion.
CONTAGIONIST
CONTAGIONIST Con *ta "gion *ist, n.
Defn: One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.
New American Oxford Dictionary
contagion
con ta gion |kənˈtājən kənˈteɪʤən | ▶noun the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact: the rooms held no risk of contagion. • a disease spread in such a way. • the spreading of a harmful idea or practice: the contagion of disgrace. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a contagious disease ): from Latin contagio (n- ), from con- ‘together with ’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch. ’
Oxford Dictionary
contagion
contagion |kənˈteɪdʒ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact: the rooms held no risk of contagion. • [ count noun ] dated a disease spread by close contact: through personal hygiene the spread of common contagions is discouraged. • figurative the spreading of a harmful idea or theory: the contagion of disgrace | [ count noun ] : a political fear, a contagion that spread from city to city. ORIGIN late Middle English (denoting a contagious disease ): from Latin contagio (n- ), from con- ‘together with ’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch ’.
American Oxford Thesaurus
contagion
contagion noun dated European ships transported contagions to and from the New World: disease, infection, illness, plague, blight; informal bug, virus; archaic pestilence.
Oxford Thesaurus
contagion
contagion noun overcrowded and insanitary ships were a breeding ground for every kind of contagion: contamination, infection, disease, illness, infirmity, pestilence, plague, blight; informal bug, virus.
French Dictionary
contagion
contagion n. f. nom féminin Transmission d ’une maladie à une autre personne. : On peut attraper la grippe par contagion.
Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary
contagion
con ta gion /kəntéɪdʒ (ə )n /名詞 1 U 〘医 〙(病気の )接触感染 [伝染 ](→infection ).2 U C ｟かたく 時に非難して ｠(好ましくない思想 感情などの )蔓延 （まんえん ）, 伝染 .3 C 〘医 〙(接触 )伝染病 .
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