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• Contagious — may refer to: Contagious disease Contagious (song), a 2001 song by The Isley Brothers Contagious , a 2007 song from Avril Lavigne s album The Best Damn Thing Contagious (Sitti album), 2009 Contagious (Y T album), 1987 Contagious (Third Day album) …   Wikipedia

• Contagious — Con*ta gious, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F. contagieux.] 1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease. [1913 Webster] 2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• contagious — 1> заразный, инфекционный, контагиозный; передающийся непосредственно и через третьих лиц Ex: contagious disease заразная болезнь 2> заразительный Ex: contagious laughter заразительный смех Ex: panic is contagious паника заразительна …   Новый большой англо-русский словарь

• contagious — adj. 1) заразный, инфекционный, контагиозный; передающийся не посредственно и через третьих лиц 2) заразительный (смех и т. п.) Syn: seecommunicable …   Англо-русский словарь Мюллера

• contagious — I adjective catching, communicable, contaminating, conveyable, epidemic, impartible, infectious, infective, pathogenic, pestiferous, spreading, transferable, transmissible, transmissive II index pestilent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C.… …   Law dictionary

• contagious — contagiously, adv. contagiousness, contagiosity /keuhn tay jee os i tee/, n. /keuhn tay jeuhs/, adj. 1. capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases. 2. carrying or spreading a contagious… …   Universalium

• contagious — adjective Date: 14th century 1. communicable by contact ; catching < contagious diseases > 2. bearing contagion < contagious people > 3. used for contagious diseases < a …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• contagious — kənˈteɪdʒəs прил. 1) заразный, инфекционный, контагиозный extremely, highly contagious ≈ с высокой вероятностью заражения a contagious ward ≈ палата для инфекционных больных Syn : catching 2) заразительный ( …   Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь

• contagious — adjective /kənˈteɪdʒəs/ a) Of a disease, easily transmitted to others. b) Of a fashion, laughter, etc., easily passed on to others. Syn: catching, infectious Ant: non contagious …   Wiktionary

• contagious — контагиозный, заразный …   Англо-русский офтальмологический словарь

• contagious — 1) контагиозный 2) <math.> заразный 3) инфекционный – contagious distribution …   Англо-русский технический словарь