contagion
(kŏn-tā′jŏn)
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[L. contingere, to touch]
1. A transmissible infectious disease.
2. Any virus or other microorganism that causes a contagious disease.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Contagion." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753224/all/contagion.
Contagion. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753224/all/contagion. Accessed December 11, 2024.
Contagion. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753224/all/contagion
Contagion [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 11]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/753224/all/contagion.
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