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Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..

Pip :: Pip (n.) A contagious disease of fowls, characterized by hoarseness, discharge from the nostrils and eyes, and an accumulation of mucus in the mouth, forming a scale on the tongue. By some the term pip is restricted to this last symptom, the disease being called roup by them..

Contagiously :: Contagiously (adv.) In a contagious manner.

Microzyme :: Microzyme (n.) A microorganism which is supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.

Loimic :: Loimic (a.) Of or pertaining to the plague or contagious disorders.

Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air..

Pestilence :: Pestilence (n.) Specifically, the disease known as the plague; hence, any contagious or infectious epidemic disease that is virulent and devastating..

Erysipelas :: Erysipelas (n.) St. Anthony's fire; a febrile disease accompanied with a diffused inflammation of the skin, which, starting usually from a single point, spreads gradually over its surface. It is usually regarded as contagious, and often occurs epidemically..

Contagium :: Contagium (n.) Contagion; contagious matter.

Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

Lazaretto :: Lazaretto (n.) A public building, hospital, or pesthouse for the reception of diseased persons, particularly those affected with contagious diseases..

Disinfect :: Disinfect (v. t.) To free from infectious or contagious matter; to destroy putrefaction; to purify; to make innocuous.

Anticontagious :: Anticontagious (a.) Opposing or destroying contagion.

Charbon :: Charbon (n.) A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule..

Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

Noncontagious :: Noncontagious (a.) Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact.

Virus :: Virus (v. i.) Contagious or poisonous matter, as of specific ulcers, the bite of snakes, etc.; -- applied to organic poisons..

Gonorrhoea :: Gonorrhoea (n.) A contagious inflammatory disease of the genitourinary tract, affecting especially the urethra and vagina, and characterized by a mucopurulent discharge, pain in urination, and chordee; clap..

Diphtheria :: Diphtheria (n.) A very dangerous contagious disease in which the air passages, and especially the throat, become coated with a false membrane, produced by the solidification of an inflammatory exudation. Cf. Group..

Glanders :: Glanders (n.) A highly contagious and very destructive disease of horses, asses, mules, etc., characterized by a constant discharge of sticky matter from the nose, and an enlargement and induration of the glands beneath and within the lower jaw. It may transmitted to dogs, goats, sheep, and to human beings..

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