as in infection
sickness that can be passed from one person, plant, or animal to another
Parents are advised to vaccinate their children against contagious diseases.
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Recent Examples of contagious disease
Measles is a contagious disease that can remain airborne for two hours after an infected person has left the area, according to the Cleveland Clinic.
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The highly-contagious disease is caused by the aquatic bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2025
Because global air travel shuffles millions of people around the world daily, an outbreak of a very contagious disease anywhere can become a threat everywhere.
—Amy E. Stambach, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2025
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Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 19 Aug. 2025
The highly-contagious disease is caused by the aquatic bacterium Vibrio cholerae.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2025
Because global air travel shuffles millions of people around the world daily, an outbreak of a very contagious disease anywhere can become a threat everywhere.
—Amy E. Stambach, The Conversation, 12 Aug. 2025
Measles is a highly contagious disease that spreads easily through the air when an infected person breathes, coughs or sneezes.
—Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for contagious disease
Noun
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Common symptoms of Vibrio infection include diarrhea, stomach cramps, nausea, vomiting, fever, chills, dangerously low blood pressure and blistering lesions.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
3 Sep. 2025
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Lukas died June 28, at age 89, after being hospitalized from a blood infection and placed on hospice.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bonacini wants gold — a sterilizing cure that eradicates every trace of the virus and cannot return.—
Jia H. Jung,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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The virus was gone within a day and the ulcers within a month.—
DAILY BRIEFING,
AZCentral.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Noun
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This isn’t the first study to suggest the importance of breakfast for living a long life—research has shown that regularly eating a morning meal is linked with lower overall and heart-related mortality (and that bypassing it can up your heart-disease risk).—
Erica Sloan,
SELF,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yet America’s system is transactional, rewarding affluence while neglecting the very conditions that produce disease.—
Stan Chu Ilo,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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His illness has limited him to light catch play over the past few days, and the shift in plans meant some slight alterations to his routine, which Ireton ran through with club security.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Some are clearly seismic, like bereavement, illness or war.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Contagious disease.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/contagious%20disease. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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