contagium
Americannoun
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contagia
plural
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
The contagium is probably derived entirely from the scales and particles of skin escaping from smallpox patients, and in the year 1905–6 the true germ of the disease was discovered by Councilman, of Boston.
From The Home Medical Library, Volume I (of VI) by Kenelm Winslow
They believe that the "lungs are the favorite breeding-ground of the contagium."
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
For though epidemic disease requires a special contagium to produce it, surrounding conditions must have a potent influence on its development.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
The most striking analogy between a contagium and a ferment is to be found in the power of indefinite self-multiplication possessed and exercised by both.
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
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
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
Two minutes' boiling suffices to destroy some contagia, whereas two hundred minutes' boiling fails to destroy others.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by John Tyndall
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