contagium
noun
the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.
contagia
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pluralof contagium.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the Middle Ages doctors ascribed to various invisible contagia the causes of diseases.
From Time Magazine Archive
That invisible, specific contagia cause these diseases and many an-other is certain.
From Time Magazine Archive
The contagion is analogous to the contagia which produce splenic fever, measles, scarlatina, variola, etc. 4th.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
According to them, the contagia of epidemic disease are formed de novo in a putrescent atmosphere.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
When taken in time, all diseases which depend upon particulate contagia for their origin can be stamped out by isolation and disinfection.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
