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contagium

[ kuhn-tey-juhm, -jee-uhm ]

noun

, Pathology.
, plural con·ta·gia [k, uh, n-, tey, -j, uh, -jee-, uh].
  1. the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.


contagium

/ kənˈteɪdʒɪəm /

noun

  1. pathol the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of contagium1

1645–55; < Latin, equivalent to contāg- ( contagion ) + -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of contagium1

C17: from Latin, variant of contāgiō contagion
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Example Sentences

Thus the theory of contagium vivum, for which Henle contended as early as 1821, was not forgotten.

Hoare states that in this type of specific arthritis the contagium is probably carried by the blood.

Richardson believes that the contagium was attached to the thatch, which could not be thoroughly disinfected.

A freezing temperature ordinarily destroys the contagium of yellow fever.

He also made some remarkable experiments on the permanence of the contagium in the form of spores.

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