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contagious

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contagious
1. (of a disease) capable of being passed on by direct contact with a diseased individual or by handling clothing, etc., contaminated with the causative agent
2. (of an organism) harbouring or spreading the causative agent of a transmissible disease


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Well, he had escaped love so far, just as he had escaped smallpox; yet there it was, as contagious as smallpox, and a whole lot worse in running its course.
Should contagious sickness exist in any of the ports named in the program, such ports will be passed, and others of interest substituted.
Such sleep is contagious-- even through a thick wall it is contagious.
 
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