contagion

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

noun

1. any disease easily transmitted by contact
• Syn:
contagious disease
• Derivationally related forms:
contagious
• Hypernyms:
communicable disease
• Hyponyms:
influenza, flu, grippe, measles, rubeola,
morbilli, diphtheria, scarlet fever, scarlatina, pox, Vincent's angina,
Vincent's infection, trench mouth, venereal disease, VD, venereal infection, social disease,
Cupid's itch, Cupid's disease, Venus's curse, dose, sexually transmitted disease, STD
2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
• Syn:
infection, transmission
• Derivationally related forms:
transmit (for: transmission), contagious, infect (for: infection)
• Hypernyms:
incident
3. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- a contagion of mirth
- the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
• Syn:
infection
• Derivationally related forms:
infectious (for: infection), infect (for: infection), contagious
• Hypernyms:
communication

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  infection, transmission, contagious disease