contagious
IPA: kʌntˈeɪdʒʌs
adjective
- (of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
- (figurative) Easily passed on to others.
- (of a person) Having a disease that can be transmitted to another person.
- Contiguous.
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Examples of "contagious" in Sentences
- The disease is quite contagious.
- The condition is not contagious.
- The infection is very contagious.
- Pellagra was thought to be contagious.
- But the sheer joy of the image is contagious.
- Is used for the most contagious diseases of all.
- The disease is highly contagious and the outcome is often fatal.
- The Canon provides a full understanding of the pathology of contagious disease.
- There was much action taken towards the repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts.
- Many of the other prisoners died of contagious diseases, including TB and AIDS.