the communication of disease from one person to another by close contact
(疾病的)接触传染,触染
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the rooms held no risk of contagion .这些房间没有接触传染的危险。
[count noun]
〈旧〉 接触传染病,触染病。
〈喻〉 (有害观念或理论的)传播,散布,蔓延
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the contagion of disgrace .不光彩事的散播。
"late Middle English (denoting a contagious disease): from Latin