Akademik
contagium
The
agent
of an
infectious
disease
. SYN:
contagion
(1). [L. a touching]
* * *
con·ta·gium
kən-'tā-j(ē-)əm
n
,
pl
-gia
-j(ē-)ə
a virus or living organism capable of causing a communicable disease
Medical dictionary
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2011
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