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31infection — late 14c., infectious disease; contaminated condition; from O.Fr. infeccion contamination, poisoning (13c.) and dir. from L.L. infectionem (nom. infectio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. inficere (see INFECT (Cf. infect)). Meaning… …
32contagion — contagioned, adj. /keuhn tay jeuhn/, n. 1. the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact. 2. a disease so communicated. 3. the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted. 4. harmful or undesirable contact or influence. 5.… …
33contagion — con•ta•gion [[t]kənˈteɪ dʒən[/t]] n. 1) pat the communication of disease by direct or indirect contact 2) pat a disease so communicated 3) pat the medium by which a contagious disease is transmitted 4) harmful or undesirable contact or influence… …
34USS Red Rover (1859) — USS Red Rover (1861) was a 650 ton Confederate States of America steamer captured by the U.S. Navy and put to use by the Union during the American Civil War. Red Rover served the Union as the U.S. Navy’s first hospital ship. She was used for the… …
35contagion — [kən teɪdʒ(ə)n] noun the communication of disease from one person or organism to another by close contact. ↘dated a disease spread by close contact. Origin ME: from L. contagio(n ), from con together with + the base of tangere to touch …
36contagion — n. 1. Infection, communication of disease (by contact, direct or indirect). 2. Contagious matter, disease germs, virus, contagium. 3. Contamination, taint, corruption, infection. 4. Pestilential influence, poisonous exhalations, pestilence,… …
37contagion — n. 1 a the communication of disease from one person to another by bodily contact. b a contagious disease. 2 a contagious or harmful influence. 3 moral corruption, esp. when tending to be widespread. Etymology: ME f. L contagio (as com , tangere… …
38infection — n. 1 a the process of infecting or state of being infected. b an instance of this; an infectious disease. 2 communication of disease, esp. by the agency of air or water etc. 3 a moral contamination. b the diffusive influence of example, sympathy …
39Alice Stewart — Infobox Scientist name = Alice Stewart box width = image size =150px caption = Alice Stewart birth date = 4 October 1906 birth place = Sheffield, England death date = 2002, Oxford, England death place = residence = citizenship = nationality… …
40tick — A blood sucking insect which prays on cattle and sheep, and sometimes upon man, often responsible for the communication of disease. 4 Am J2d Am § 32 …
