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contagious disease |
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contagious disease [kən′tā·jəs di′zēz] (medicine) An infectious disease communicable by contact with a person suffering from it, with the bodily discharge, or with an object touched by the person. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| No; Miss Polly would let concealment prey on her damask cheeks and still smile on in the novel fashion, or turn sister of charity and nurse the heartless lover through small-pox, or some other contagious disease, and die seraphically, leaving him to the agonies of remorse and tardy love. I saw no evidence of any contagious diseases during all my stay. |
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