contagium
the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.
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Thus the theory of contagium vivum, for which Henle contended as early as 1821, was not forgotten.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell ParkHoare states that in this type of specific arthritis the contagium is probably carried by the blood.
Lameness of the Horse | John Victor LacroixRichardson believes that the contagium was attached to the thatch, which could not be thoroughly disinfected.
A freezing temperature ordinarily destroys the contagium of yellow fever.
He also made some remarkable experiments on the permanence of the contagium in the form of spores.
Fragments of science, V. 1-2 | John Tyndall
British Dictionary definitions for contagium
/ (kənˈteɪdʒɪəm) /
pathol the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
Origin of contagium
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