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

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..

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

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

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..

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.

Contagiousness :: Contagiousness (n.) Quality of being contagious.

Contagious :: Contagious (a.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease..

Yaws :: Yaws (n.) A disease, occurring in the Antilles and in Africa, characterized by yellowish or reddish tumors, of a contagious character, which, in shape and appearance, often resemble currants, strawberries, or raspberries. There are several varieties of this disease, variously known as framboesia, pian, verrugas, and crab-yaws..

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

Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..

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

Plague :: Plague (n.) An acute malignant contagious fever, that often prevails in Egypt, Syria, and Turkey, and has at times visited the large cities of Europe with frightful mortality; hence, any pestilence; as, the great London plague..

Smallpox :: Smallpox (n.) A contagious, constitutional, febrile disease characterized by a peculiar eruption; variola. The cutaneous eruption is at first a collection of papules which become vesicles (first flat, subsequently umbilicated) and then pustules, and finally thick crusts which slough after a certain time, often leaving a pit, or scar..

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

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

Contagionist :: Contagionist (n.) One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever..

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

Inoculation :: Inoculation (n.) The act or practice of communicating a disease to a person in health, by inserting contagious matter in his skin or flesh..

Typhus :: Typhus (n.) A contagious continued fever lasting from two to three weeks, attended with great prostration and cerebral disorder, and marked by a copious eruption of red spots upon the body. Also called jail fever, famine fever, putrid fever, spottled fever, etc. See Jail fever, under Jail..

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