contagium
Americannoun
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contagia
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noun
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Etymology
Origin of contagium
1645–55; < Latin, equivalent to contāg- ( see contagion) + -ium -ium
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With bacteriology gaining ground, some scientists posited a germlike contagium psychicum—a microbe of the mind—as the vector behind so-called "mental contagion."
From Slate ● Apr. 7, 2010
It does not follow that the contagium is the sole cause in every case in which it is present.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
He also made some remarkable experiments on the permanence of the contagium in the form of spores.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
Experience teaches that the natural course and termination in these cases are modified by the location and depth of the injury, virulency of the contagium and resistance of the subject to such infection.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by John Victor Lacroix
I write thus with the theory of contagium vivum, more especially in my mind, and must regret the attitude of denial assumed by Professor Virchow towards that theory.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
That invisible, specific contagia cause these diseases and many an-other is certain.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the Middle Ages doctors ascribed to various invisible contagia the causes of diseases.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
The parasites are types of this mode of disease-production, and these blend with the contagia of the specific diseases in such a way that it is not easy to draw the distinction in all cases.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Like all other contagia, it has its period of activity and decline. 6th.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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