contagion

1. Any disease easily transmitted by contact (synset 114145717)
   is a type of: communicable disease - a disease that can be communicated from one person to another
   subtypes:

   • flu, grippe, influenza - an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease
   • measles, morbilli, rubeola - an acute and highly contagious viral disease marked by distinct red spots followed by a rash; occurs primarily in children
   • diphtheria - acute contagious infection caused by the bacterium Corynebacterium diphtheriae; marked by the formation of a false membrane in the throat and other air passages causing difficulty in breathing
   • scarlatina, scarlet fever - an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash
   • pox - a contagious disease characterized by purulent skin eruptions that may leave pock marks
   • trench mouth, vincent's angina, vincent's infection - an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
   • cupid's disease, cupid's itch, dose, sexually transmitted disease, social disease, std, vd, venereal disease, venereal infection, venus's curse - a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
   same as: contagious disease
2. An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (synset 107375247)
   is a type of: incident - a single distinct event
   same as: infection, transmission
3. The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (synset 106293036)
   "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
   is a type of: communication - something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups
   same as: infection

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