Dictionary Definition
contagion
Noun
1 any disease easily transmitted by contact [syn:
contagious
disease]
2 an incident in which an infectious disease is
transmitted [syn: infection, transmission]
3 the communication of an attitude or emotional
state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the
infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: infection]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -eɪdʒən
Noun
- A disease spread by contact
- The spread or transmission of such a disease
- The spread of anything harmful, as if it were such a disease
Translations
disease
- Czech: nákaza
- Chinese:
- Dutch: besmetting
- Finnish: tartunta
- French: contagion
- German: Ansteckung
- Greek: μεταδοτική ασθένεια (metadotikí asthéneia)
- Hungarian: ragály; fertőzés
- Ido: kontagio
- Italian: contagio (1,2,3)
- Japanese: 伝染 (でんせん, densen)
- Korean: 감염 (gamyeom)
- Latin: contagio nom.
- Polish: zarażenie
- Portuguese: contágio
- Romanian: contagiune
- Russian: инфекция (inféktsija)
- Spanish: contagio
- Turkish: salgın
Extensive Definition
Contagion may refer to:
In medicine:
In literature:
- Batman: Contagion, a story arc in the Batman comic book series
- Contagion (novel), one of Robin Cook's most successful bestsellers
In other fields:
- "Contagion" (TNG episode), a second season episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation
- Emotional contagion, concept in sociology
- Financial contagion, the phenomena when one country's economy is jolted because of asset prices of another country's financial market
- Hysterical contagion, concept in psychology
- Sacred Contagion, the belief that spiritual properties within an object, place, or person may be passed to another object, place, or person
- Coded Arms: Contagion, sequel to Coded Arms, on the Playstation Portable