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• contagious — /kənˈteɪdʒəs / (say kuhn tayjuhs) adjective 1. communicable to other individuals by physical contact, as a disease. 2. carrying or spreading a disease. 3. tending to spread from one to another: panic is contagious. {Middle English, from Late… …  

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