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1 contagious
[kən'teɪdʒəs]aggettivo contagioso (anche fig.)* * *[kən'tei‹əs](spreading from one person to another by physical contact: Is that skin disease contagious?) contagioso* * *contagious /kənˈteɪdʒəs/a.contagiously avv. contagiousness n. [u].* * *[kən'teɪdʒəs]aggettivo contagioso (anche fig.) -
2 contagious con·ta·gious adj
[kən'teɪdʒəs]contagioso (-a), infettivo (-a) -
3 non-contagious
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4 contagiously
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5 contagiousness
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6 ♦ disease
♦ disease /dɪˈzi:z/n. [cu]malattia ( anche fig.); morbo: heart [skin] disease, malattie del cuore [della pelle]; Parkinson's disease, il morbo di Parkinson; an infectious [a contagious] disease, una malattia infettiva [contagiosa]; an hereditary disease, una malattia ereditaria; to have (o to suffer from) a disease, avere (o soffrire di) una malattia; to catch (o to contract) a disease, prendere (o contrarre) una malattia; to treat (o to cure) a disease, curare una malattia; to detect a disease, scoprire una malattia; to prevent a disease, prevenire una malattia; a terminal [an incurable] disease, una malattia terminale [incurabile]; a fatal (o deadly) disease, una malattia mortale; a disease of the lungs [of the nervous system], una malattia polmonare [del sistema nervoso]; Rats spread disease, i ratti sono portatori di malattie; The disease spread rapidly through the country, la malattia si è diffusa rapidamente nel paese; occupational disease, malattia professionale; blood disease, malattia del sangue; Dissatisfaction is a disease of modern society, l'insoddisfazione è una malattia della società moderna. -
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8 mumps
[mʌmps]nome plurale + verbo sing. orecchioni m.* * *(a contagious disease causing painful swelling at the sides of the neck and face.) orecchioni* * *mumps /mʌmps/n. pl. (col verbo al sing. e l'art. determ.)1 (med.) orecchioni; parotite epidemica2 (fam. antiq.) broncio; muso● to have the mumps, avere gli orecchioni; (fig. fam.) avere le lune; avere la luna (di traverso).* * *[mʌmps]nome plurale + verbo sing. orecchioni m.
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contagious — I adjective catching, communicable, contaminating, conveyable, epidemic, impartible, infectious, infective, pathogenic, pestiferous, spreading, transferable, transmissible, transmissive II index pestilent Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C.… … Law dictionary
contagious — late 14c., from O.Fr. contagieus (Mod.Fr. contagieux), from L.L. contagiosus, from L. contagio (see CONTACT (Cf. contact)) … Etymology dictionary
contagious — *infectious, communicable, catching Analogous words: toxic, pestilential, pestilent, virulent, mephitic, mias mic (see POISONOUS) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
contagious — [adj] communicable catching, deadly, endemic, epidemic, epizootic, impartible, infectious, inoculable, pestiferous, pestilential, poisonous, spreading, taking, transmissible, transmittable; concept 314 Ant. noncommunicable … New thesaurus
contagious — contagiously, adv. contagiousness, contagiosity /keuhn tay jee os i tee/, n. /keuhn tay jeuhs/, adj. 1. capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases. 2. carrying or spreading a contagious… … Universalium
contagious — con•ta•gious [[t]kənˈteɪ dʒəs[/t]] adj. 1) pat capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases[/ex] 2) pat carrying or spreading a contagious disease 3) tending to spread from person to person … From formal English to slang
