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contagium

/kuhn-tey-juhm, -jee-uhm/US // kənˈteɪ dʒəm, -dʒi əm //UK // (kənˈteɪdʒɪəm) //

传染病,传染性疾病,传染物,传染性

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural con·ta·gia [kuhn-tey-juh, -jee-uh]. /kənˈteɪ dʒə, -dʒi ə/. Pathology.

    • : the causative agent of a contagious or infectious disease, as a virus.

Examples

  • Thus the theory of contagium vivum, for which Henle contended as early as 1821, was not forgotten.

  • Hoare states that in this type of specific arthritis the contagium is probably carried by the blood.

  • Richardson 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.