Medical Dictionary
contagious
adj con·ta·gious \-jəs\
Medical Definition of CONTAGIOUS
1
: communicable by contact <tuberculosis in the contagious stage>—compare infectious 2
2
: bearing contagion <many persons…are contagious long before they are aware of the presence of their disease—Journal of the American Medical Association>
3
: used for contagious diseases <a contagious ward>
—con·ta·gious·ly adverb
—con·ta·gious·ness noun
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