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Definition of contagious in English: contagiousadjective kənˈteɪdʒəskənˈteɪdʒəs 1(of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another, typically by direct contact. it is a relatively new disease and very contagious Example sentencesExamples - Measles, mumps, and rubella are all serious contagious diseases that spread rapidly, especially in populations without immunity.
- As a matter of fact, I don't worry at all about the spread of a contagious disease like SARS.
- A respiratory viral infection is a contagious illness that can affect your respiratory tract and cause other symptoms.
- The epidemic peaked because contagious disease epidemics always do.
- HIV is a lethal contagious disease spread by contact with blood and body fluids.
- Meanwhile, the contagious disease would spread, leading to widespread illness and public panic.
- The closures aim to prevent the accidental spread of the highly contagious disease and operates until 8am on Saturday, March 17.
- As flocks of sheep return home this month from winter grazing the lowlands of Pembrokeshire, farmers are being warned to be vigilant against the spread of a highly contagious disease.
- Group A streptococcal infections that cause scarlet fever are contagious.
- The purpose of the legislation was to protect against the animals developing and spreading contagious disease.
- These crowded conditions encourage the spread of contagious illnesses among the child silk workers.
- Traditional externalities, such as limiting the spread of contagious diseases, explain little of modern government involvement with health.
- TB is a contagious disease that spreads through the air.
- The spread of contagious disease from the body was continuing to infect our people and it was killing them.
- This is especially important because children may have been exposed to contagious illnesses such as chicken pox or may have recently received immunizations.
- Initially, medical experts worked to contain the spread of contagious diseases.
- Many parents assume that any kind of stomach upset in a child is the result of a contagious illness when the real culprit is simple indigestion or constipation.
- And each child who isn't immunized gives these highly contagious diseases one more chance to spread.
- Although rheumatic fever is not contagious, strep throat is.
- Rubella is a mild, highly contagious illness that is caused by a virus.
Synonyms infectious, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, spreadable informal catching technical epidemic, pandemic, epizootic dated infective - 1.1 (of a person) having a disease that can be transmitted by contact with other people.
precautions are taken with anyone who seems contagious Example sentencesExamples - The physician must evaluate whether the risk of treating the contagious patient exceeds the level of risk that he is usually and habitually willing to take.
- Celine's TB is not active, which means she's not contagious, but she has to start treatment that could take up to a year.
- A few parents turned their children away from us, as if we were contagious, harmful on sight.
- But it is a general hospital with no specialized contagious-disease division, and it had never before treated such contagious patients.
- Patients are more contagious than carriers but carriers keep the disease alive.
- It will take up to ten days for the onset of symptoms, during which time the person is highly contagious.
- Even if a person with HIV doesn't feel or look sick, he is still contagious.
- A person is contagious for 2 to 7 days after symptoms appear.
- Your child should stay home from school or daycare if he is contagious.
- Victims are contagious once symptoms have appeared and possibly for a short time before they develop fever.
- After treatment, a person is still contagious for 2-4 hours.
- They meet people with leprosy who are ostracized even by the doctors who know they are not contagious.
- Lice aren't dangerous and they don't spread disease, but they are contagious and can just be downright annoying.
- A person is most contagious from about 1 day before the salivary glands swell, to at least another 3 days after the swelling began.
- The person is contagious until the last blister has scabbed over.
- The person is contagious to others until all of the scabs have fallen off.
- So they come back to work, when in fact, maybe they should be out for a week to two weeks because they are still contagious.
- Research suggested that to be at risk from infection spread by coughs or sneezes it was necessary to sit within two rows of a contagious passenger for more than eight hours.
- New cases and potentially contagious patients are identified through proper use and interpretation of the tuberculin skin test.
- A person is most contagious just before the fever starts to about 4 days after the rash appears.
Synonyms plague-like, communicable, epidemic, pestilent, dangerous, injurious, harmful, destructive, virulent, pernicious
2(of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others. her enthusiasm is contagious Example sentencesExamples - And in that regard the former professor's confidence is as contagious as his enthusiasm.
- I realized that people were living on the edge, and feelings were very contagious in groups.
- They love car rides, of course, and their enthusiasm is strangely contagious.
- I appeared to be a never-ending foundation of contagious emotion.
- Dawn's passion is contagious, and Ian has his own way of being persuasive.
- The crowd didn't seem to know much about her music, but her contagious enthusiasm soon had much of the audience dancing.
- His enthusiasm is contagious and the book is full of information, but his approach is overly academic.
- The enthusiasm is contagious as 200 students of the team prepare for their grand event.
- Attitudes are contagious, and how we behave does influence others.
- It built up enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is contagious.
- Together, they argue that emotions are contagious, and a successful leader is one from whom people ‘catch’ positive feelings.
- Estrella couldn't help but laugh herself, as his attitude was contagious.
- He speaks about his Oxford crew with an immutable and contagious excitement.
- I had never seen him so scared in my life, and the feeling was contagious.
- It took no time to spread here, feeding off a contagious love of popularity.
- He sparks with highly contagious enthusiasm while sipping his beer.
- Thanks to his very persuasive speech and contagious enthusiasm, he won with nearly 80 per cent of the votes.
- He exudes a contagious enthusiasm when he discusses what drives him to write.
- Pan's enthusiasm was contagious and soon some of his friends, including his girlfriend Lisa, had their ears pierced.
- And they looked like they were having fun and that fun was contagious.
Usage Strictly, a contagious disease is one transmitted by physical contact, whereas an infectious one is transmitted via microorganisms in the air or water. In practice there is little or no difference in meaning between contagious and infectious when applied to disease or its spread. In figurative senses contagious may describe the spread of good things such as laughter and enthusiasm or bad ones such as violence or panic, whereas infectious usually refers to the spread of positive things, such as good humour or optimism Derivatives adverb kənˈteɪdʒəslikənˈteɪdʒəsli Abby giggled contagiously; a sweet sound that reverberated through the dim white room. Example sentencesExamples - Equipped with tongue biting one-liners, he is contagiously energetic.
- These endophytes are not known to spread contagiously but instead are disseminated through seeds and by vegetative growth of the host.
- What the critics said: ‘Gibson seems all but inflated with helium throughout, which contagiously lifts everyone else around him.’
- I looked back at her and, through the tears in her eyes she smiled her contagiously peaceful smile and, once more, reminded me why it was so difficult to have broken up with her.
noun kənˈteɪdʒəsnəskənˈteɪdʒəsnəs Instead, the extract controls the contagiousness of the virus and stops it from infecting new cells. Example sentencesExamples - The models also included information about the flu virus, such as the possible contagiousness of an infected person.
- Willow soon was laughing too, from the contagiousness of it.
- He correctly identified seven of the 12 cranial nerves, discovered the valves of the heart, recognized the contagiousness of tuberculosis, and the possible spread of rabies via dogs.
- Antibiotics shorten the period of contagiousness to 5 days following the start of antibiotic treatment.
Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin contagiosus, from contagio (see contagion). Rhymes advantageous, courageous, outrageous, rampageous Definition of contagious in US English: contagiousadjectivekənˈtājəskənˈteɪdʒəs 1(of a disease) spread from one person or organism to another by direct or indirect contact. Example sentencesExamples - Measles, mumps, and rubella are all serious contagious diseases that spread rapidly, especially in populations without immunity.
- Although rheumatic fever is not contagious, strep throat is.
- The purpose of the legislation was to protect against the animals developing and spreading contagious disease.
- HIV is a lethal contagious disease spread by contact with blood and body fluids.
- Many parents assume that any kind of stomach upset in a child is the result of a contagious illness when the real culprit is simple indigestion or constipation.
- Meanwhile, the contagious disease would spread, leading to widespread illness and public panic.
- Initially, medical experts worked to contain the spread of contagious diseases.
- A respiratory viral infection is a contagious illness that can affect your respiratory tract and cause other symptoms.
- Group A streptococcal infections that cause scarlet fever are contagious.
- As a matter of fact, I don't worry at all about the spread of a contagious disease like SARS.
- Traditional externalities, such as limiting the spread of contagious diseases, explain little of modern government involvement with health.
- This is especially important because children may have been exposed to contagious illnesses such as chicken pox or may have recently received immunizations.
- And each child who isn't immunized gives these highly contagious diseases one more chance to spread.
- These crowded conditions encourage the spread of contagious illnesses among the child silk workers.
- The spread of contagious disease from the body was continuing to infect our people and it was killing them.
- The epidemic peaked because contagious disease epidemics always do.
- TB is a contagious disease that spreads through the air.
- The closures aim to prevent the accidental spread of the highly contagious disease and operates until 8am on Saturday, March 17.
- As flocks of sheep return home this month from winter grazing the lowlands of Pembrokeshire, farmers are being warned to be vigilant against the spread of a highly contagious disease.
- Rubella is a mild, highly contagious illness that is caused by a virus.
Synonyms infectious, communicable, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, spreadable - 1.1 (of a person or animal) likely to transmit a disease by contact with other people or animals.
Example sentencesExamples - A person is most contagious just before the fever starts to about 4 days after the rash appears.
- They meet people with leprosy who are ostracized even by the doctors who know they are not contagious.
- It will take up to ten days for the onset of symptoms, during which time the person is highly contagious.
- The person is contagious to others until all of the scabs have fallen off.
- But it is a general hospital with no specialized contagious-disease division, and it had never before treated such contagious patients.
- So they come back to work, when in fact, maybe they should be out for a week to two weeks because they are still contagious.
- Research suggested that to be at risk from infection spread by coughs or sneezes it was necessary to sit within two rows of a contagious passenger for more than eight hours.
- A person is most contagious from about 1 day before the salivary glands swell, to at least another 3 days after the swelling began.
- Even if a person with HIV doesn't feel or look sick, he is still contagious.
- Patients are more contagious than carriers but carriers keep the disease alive.
- Victims are contagious once symptoms have appeared and possibly for a short time before they develop fever.
- Your child should stay home from school or daycare if he is contagious.
- The person is contagious until the last blister has scabbed over.
- The physician must evaluate whether the risk of treating the contagious patient exceeds the level of risk that he is usually and habitually willing to take.
- After treatment, a person is still contagious for 2-4 hours.
- A few parents turned their children away from us, as if we were contagious, harmful on sight.
- Lice aren't dangerous and they don't spread disease, but they are contagious and can just be downright annoying.
- New cases and potentially contagious patients are identified through proper use and interpretation of the tuberculin skin test.
- Celine's TB is not active, which means she's not contagious, but she has to start treatment that could take up to a year.
- A person is contagious for 2 to 7 days after symptoms appear.
Synonyms plague-like, communicable, epidemic, pestilent, dangerous, injurious, harmful, destructive, virulent, pernicious
2(of an emotion, feeling, or attitude) likely to spread to and affect others. her enthusiasm is contagious Example sentencesExamples - He speaks about his Oxford crew with an immutable and contagious excitement.
- Attitudes are contagious, and how we behave does influence others.
- The crowd didn't seem to know much about her music, but her contagious enthusiasm soon had much of the audience dancing.
- And they looked like they were having fun and that fun was contagious.
- They love car rides, of course, and their enthusiasm is strangely contagious.
- And in that regard the former professor's confidence is as contagious as his enthusiasm.
- I had never seen him so scared in my life, and the feeling was contagious.
- It took no time to spread here, feeding off a contagious love of popularity.
- Estrella couldn't help but laugh herself, as his attitude was contagious.
- He exudes a contagious enthusiasm when he discusses what drives him to write.
- The enthusiasm is contagious as 200 students of the team prepare for their grand event.
- I appeared to be a never-ending foundation of contagious emotion.
- Together, they argue that emotions are contagious, and a successful leader is one from whom people ‘catch’ positive feelings.
- His enthusiasm is contagious and the book is full of information, but his approach is overly academic.
- Pan's enthusiasm was contagious and soon some of his friends, including his girlfriend Lisa, had their ears pierced.
- He sparks with highly contagious enthusiasm while sipping his beer.
- Thanks to his very persuasive speech and contagious enthusiasm, he won with nearly 80 per cent of the votes.
- I realized that people were living on the edge, and feelings were very contagious in groups.
- It built up enthusiasm, and enthusiasm is contagious.
- Dawn's passion is contagious, and Ian has his own way of being persuasive.
Usage Strictly, a contagious disease is one transmitted by physical contact, whereas an infectious one is transmitted via microorganisms in the air or water. In practice, there is little or no difference in meaning between contagious and infectious when applied to disease or its spread. In figurative senses, contagious may describe the spread of good things such as laughter and enthusiasm or bad ones such as violence or panic, whereas infectious usually refers to the spread of positive things, such as good humor or optimism Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin contagiosus, from contagio (see contagion). |