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Contagiousness

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con·ta·gious  (kn-tjs)
adj.
1. Of or relating to contagion.
2. Transmissible by direct or indirect contact; communicable: a contagious disease.
3. Capable of transmitting disease; carrying a disease: stayed at home until he was no longer contagious.
4. Spreading or tending to spread from one to another; infectious: a contagious smile.
con·tagious·ly adv.
con·tagious·ness n.


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