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Definition of contagious
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of contagious is as below...
Contagious
(a.)
Communicable
by
contact,
by a
virus,
or by a
bodily
exhalation;
catching;
as, a
contagious
disease..
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Contagium
::
Contagium
(n.)
Contagion;
contagious
matter.
Pestiferous
::
Pestiferous
(a.)
Pest-bearing;
pestilential;
noxious
to
health;
malignant;
infectious;
contagious;
as,
pestiferous
bodies..
Quarantine
::
Quarantine
(v. t.) To
compel
to
remain
at a
distance,
or in a given
place,
without
intercourse,
when
suspected
of
having
contagious
disease;
to put
under,
or in,
quarantine..
Plague
::
Plague
(n.) An acute
malignant
contagious
fever,
that often
prevails
in
Egypt,
Syria,
and
Turkey,
and has at times
visited
the large
cities
of
Europe
with
frightful
mortality;
hence,
any
pestilence;
as, the great
London
plague..
Charbon
::
Charbon
(n.) A very
contagious
and fatal
disease
of
sheep,
horses,
and
cattle.
See
Maligmant
pustule..
Fomes
::
Fomes (n.) Any
substance
supposed
to be
capable
of
absorbing,
retaining,
and
transporting
contagious
or
infectious
germs;
as,
woolen
clothes
are said to be
active
fomites..
Erysipelas
::
Erysipelas
(n.) St.
Anthony's
fire; a
febrile
disease
accompanied
with a
diffused
inflammation
of the skin,
which,
starting
usually
from a
single
point,
spreads
gradually
over its
surface.
It is
usually
regarded
as
contagious,
and often
occurs
epidemically..
Pestilence
::
Pestilence
(n.)
Specifically,
the
disease
known as the
plague;
hence,
any
contagious
or
infectious
epidemic
disease
that is
virulent
and
devastating..
Typhus
::
Typhus
(n.) A
contagious
continued
fever
lasting
from two to three
weeks,
attended
with great
prostration
and
cerebral
disorder,
and
marked
by a
copious
eruption
of red spots upon the body. Also
called
jail
fever,
famine
fever,
putrid
fever,
spottled
fever,
etc. See Jail
fever,
under
Jail..
Catching
::
Catching
(a.)
Infectious;
contagious.
Contagious
::
Contagious
(a.)
Spreading
or
communicable
from one to
another;
exciting
similar
emotions
or
conduct
in
others.
Ringworm
::
Ringworm
(n.) A
contagious
affection
of the skin due to the
presence
of a
vegetable
parasite,
and
forming
ring-shaped
discolored
patches
covered
with
vesicles
or
powdery
scales.
It
occurs
either
on the body, the face, or the
scalp.
Different
varieties
are
distinguished
as Tinea
circinata,
Tinea
tonsurans,
etc., but all are
caused
by the same
parasite
(a
species
of
Trichophyton)..
Lazaretto
::
Lazaretto
(n.) A
public
building,
hospital,
or
pesthouse
for the
reception
of
diseased
persons,
particularly
those
affected
with
contagious
diseases..
Smallpox
::
Smallpox
(n.) A
contagious,
constitutional,
febrile
disease
characterized
by a
peculiar
eruption;
variola.
The
cutaneous
eruption
is at first a
collection
of
papules
which
become
vesicles
(first
flat,
subsequently
umbilicated)
and then
pustules,
and
finally
thick
crusts
which
slough
after a
certain
time, often
leaving
a pit, or
scar..
Pip
::
Pip (n.) A
contagious
disease
of
fowls,
characterized
by
hoarseness,
discharge
from the
nostrils
and eyes, and an
accumulation
of mucus in the
mouth,
forming
a scale on the
tongue.
By some the term pip is
restricted
to this last
symptom,
the
disease
being
called
roup by
them..
Yaws
::
Yaws (n.) A
disease,
occurring
in the
Antilles
and in
Africa,
characterized
by
yellowish
or
reddish
tumors,
of a
contagious
character,
which,
in shape and
appearance,
often
resemble
currants,
strawberries,
or
raspberries.
There are
several
varieties
of this
disease,
variously
known as
framboesia,
pian,
verrugas,
and
crab-yaws..
Inoculation
::
Inoculation
(n.) The act or
practice
of
communicating
a
disease
to a
person
in
health,
by
inserting
contagious
matter
in his skin or
flesh..
Alexiteric
::
Alexiteric
(n.) A
preservative
against
contagious
and
infectious
diseases,
and the
effects
of
poison
in
general..
Diphtheria
::
Diphtheria
(n.) A very
dangerous
contagious
disease
in which the air
passages,
and
especially
the
throat,
become
coated
with a false
membrane,
produced
by the
solidification
of an
inflammatory
exudation.
Cf.
Group..
Loimic
::
Loimic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
plague
or
contagious
disorders.
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