contagion

English Thesaurus

1. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (noun.communication)

hypernym	:	communication,
definition	:	something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups (noun.tops)

2. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)

hypernym	:	incident,
definition	:	a single distinct event (noun.event)

3. any disease easily transmitted by contact (noun.state)

hypernym	:	communicable disease,
definition	:	a disease that can be communicated from one person to another (noun.state)

hyponym	:	flu, grippe, influenza,
definition	:	an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease (noun.state)

hyponym	:	measles, morbilli, rubeola,
definition	:	an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children (noun.state)

hyponym	:	diphtheria,
definition	:	acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing (noun.state)

hyponym	:	scarlatina, scarlet fever,
definition	:	an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash (noun.state)

hyponym	:	pox,
definition	:	a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks (noun.state)

hyponym	:	trench mouth, vincent's angina, vincent's infection,
definition	:	an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane (noun.state)

hyponym	:	cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse,
definition	:	a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact (noun.state)

4. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (noun.communication)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	affect in a contagious way (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	infectious,
definition	:	easily spread (adj.all)

derivation	:	contagious,
definition	:	easily diffused or spread as from one person to another (adj.all)

5. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)

derivation	:	communicate, convey, transmit,
definition	:	transfer to another (verb.possession)

derivation	:	catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable,
definition	:	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection (adj.all)

6. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (noun.communication)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	affect in a contagious way (verb.cognition)

derivation	:	infectious,
definition	:	easily spread (adj.all)

derivation	:	contagious,
definition	:	easily diffused or spread as from one person to another (adj.all)

7. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (noun.event)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)

derivation	:	communicate, convey, transmit,
definition	:	transfer to another (verb.possession)

derivation	:	catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable,
definition	:	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection (adj.all)