contagium
Americannoun
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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
These may be inflicted when horses lie down upon sharp stumps of vegetation or shoe-calk injuries may be the means of introducing contagium, and an infectious inflammation results.
From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor
There was no single escape from death after inoculation by this deadly contagium.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
We possess several works of that time which put forward contagium animatum as a scientific doctrine, with the same confidence, with the same sort of proof, with which the "Plastidulic soul" is now set forth.'
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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 Tyndall, John
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
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
But the action of living contagia extends beyond the domain of the surgeon.
From Fragments of science, V. 1-2 by Tyndall, John
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
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