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<LI>Of or relating to contagion.
<LI>Transmissible by direct or indirect contact; communicable: <CITE>a contagious disease.</CITE>
<LI>Capable of transmitting disease; carrying a disease: <CITE>stayed at home until he was no longer contagious.</CITE>
<LI>Spreading or tending to spread from one to another; infectious: <CITE>a contagious smile.</CITE> </LI></OL>
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<P><B>contagious</B></P>
<P>adj 1: of or relating to communicable diseases; "by the road to the contagious hospital" </P>
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<P>2: easily diffused or spread as from one person to another; "a contagious grin" </P>
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<P>3: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn: <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=catching"><FONT color=#0033ff>catching</FONT></A>, <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=communicable"><FONT color=#0033ff>communicable</FONT></A>, <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=contractable"><FONT color=#0033ff>contractable</FONT></A>, <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=transmissible"><FONT color=#0033ff>transmissible</FONT></A>, <A href="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=transmittable"><FONT color=#0033ff>transmittable</FONT></A>]</P>
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첫댓글 contagious 전염성의, 옮기 쉬운, 보균자의
Laughter is contagious. 웃음은 옮기 쉽다. It's a contagious disease. 그것은 전염성 질환이다.