Definition of contagious

Reference

Word of the Day

rationale
Definition: (noun) an underlying reason or explanation.
Petersons.com

Add Word of the Day to your personalized My Yahoo! page:

Sponsored Links

Shingles Contagious
Get All Information On shingles contagious
ShinglesGuide.info

con·ta·gious

n-t

s) KEY

ADJECTIVE:

Of or relating to contagion.
Transmissible by direct or indirect contact; communicable: a contagious disease.
Capable of transmitting disease; carrying a disease: stayed at home until he was no longer contagious.
Spreading or tending to spread from one to another; infectious: a contagious smile.

OTHER FORMS:
con·tagious·ly(Adverb), con·tagious·ness(Noun)

Visit our partner's site

Provided by Houghton Mifflin
		eReference -- Download this interactive reference software to your desktop computer