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Definition: Contagious Disease |
Contagious DiseaseNoun1. Any disease easily transmitted by contact. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Medicine | A disease of high morbidity which is only occasionally present in an animal community:it affects a great number of animals in a large area of land at the same time and spreads with great rapidity over a wide territory. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A disease that can be transmitted by contact between persons. Source: European Union. (references) | |
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Synonym: Contagious DiseaseSynonym: contagion (n). (additional references) |
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Books | |
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Peter Abelard | Against the disease of writing one must take special precautions, since it is a dangerous and contagious disease. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | CJD is not a contagious disease. (references) | |
There is no evidence to support the view that CFS is a contagious disease. (references) | ||
Influenza (the flu) is a contagious disease that is caused by the influenza virus. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Eritrea | Applications to return from citizens living abroad who have run afoul of the law, contracted a serious contagious disease, or been declared ineligible for political asylum by other governments, are considered on a case-by-case basis. (references) |
Trade | Kenya | Cats and dogs are issued with an import license only after a veterinary surgeon has certified the animal to have been vaccinated against rabies and has no symptoms of any contagious disease. (references) |
Women | Yemen | A foreign woman who wishes to marry a citizen man must prove to the Ministry that she is "of good conduct and behavior," and "is free from contagious disease." There are no corresponding requirements for men to demonstrate parental approval, good conduct, or freedom from contagious diseases. (references) |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
contagious disease | 31 |
contagious disease skin | 4 |
act contagious disease | 3 |
contagious disease shingles | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "contagious disease"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | smitsomme sygdomme (communicable disease, infectious disease, infective disease), smitsomme dyresygdomme (epidemic, epizootic, pest), smitsom sygdom (infectious disease, transmissible disease), infektionssygdom (epidemic, epizootic, infectious disease, pest), infektiøs sygdom (infectious disease), epidemiske sygdomme (communicable disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | epizoötie (epidemic, epizootic, pest), besmettelijke ziekte (communicable disease, infectious disease), besmettelijke zieken (communicable disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | epidemia (epidemic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | maladies transmissibles (communicable disease), maladies contagieuses (communicable disease), maladie infectieuse, maladie contagieuse, épizootie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Viehseuchen (epidemic, epizootic, pest), uebertragbare Infektionskrankheit (infectious disease), Tierseuchen (epidemic, epizootic, pest), kontagioese Infektionskrankheit (infectious disease), Infektionskrankheiten (communicable disease), Epizootie (epidemic, epizootic, pest), ansteckende Krankheiten (communicable disease, infectious disease, infective disease), ansteckende Krankheit (infectious disease), übertragbare Krankheiten (communicable disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | μεταδοτικό νόσημα (infectious disease), μεταδοτικές νόσοι (communicable disease), μεταδοτικές ασθένειες (communicable disease), μολυσματικές νόσοι (communicable disease), λοιμώδεις νόσοι (communicable disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | járványos betegség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | malattie infettive (communicable disease), malattia contagiosa (infectious disease), epizoozia (cattle plague), epizootia (epidemic, epizootic, pest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 伝"病 (epidemic, infectious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | で"せ"びょう (epidemic, infectious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ontagiouscay iseaseday epizootia (murrain), enfermidade infecciosa (infectious disease), enfermidade contagiosa (infectious disease), doenças contagiosas (communicable disease). (various references) epizootia (epizooty, murrain), enfermedad contagiosa (infectious disease). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-e-g-i-i-n-o-o-s-s-s-t-u" | |
-5 letters: associations, decussations, disassociate, unassociated. | |
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