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Contagious

Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

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Infectious 84% connected

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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Infectious 84% connected

Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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Contagion 74% connected

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

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Contagion 74% connected

The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

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Infection 74% connected

The act or process of infecting.

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Infection 74% connected

The act or process of infecting.

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Catching 92% connected

of Catch

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Communicable 92% connected

Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

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Transmissible 92% connected

Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

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