A disease spread by close contact
“The contagion was spread almost exclusively among the hospital staff, in whom the disease lay latent for the month of July.”
The act of spreading or being transmitted
“If you do not stop the contagion of vice, they will swarm in your streets, and prowl about your dwellings, and pilfer from you ten times the amount you would need to give to render them useful and happy.”
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind
Any contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
A physical trace of a bad or undesirable substance or quality
The state or condition of being viral
The state or condition of being infectious
A sudden, widespread occurrence of an undesirable phenomenon
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