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contagion

noun
🔊/kənˈteɪdʒən/
🔊/kənˈteɪdʒən/
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  1. [uncountable] the spread of a disease by close contact between people接触传染
    • There is no risk of contagion.没有接触传染的风险。🔊🔊
    Topics Illnessc2
  2. [countable] (old use) a disease that can be spread by close contact between people接触性传染病
  3. [uncountable, countable] (formal) something bad that spreads quickly by being passed from person to person（不良事物的快速）传播，蔓延，扩散
    • the contagion of political extremism政治极端主义的蔓延
    4. compare infection
    Word Originlate Middle English (denoting a contagious disease): from Latin contagio(n-), from con- ‘together with’ + the base of tangere ‘to touch’.