傳染 — meaning in English

English meaning

• contagion noun A disease that spreads by contact, or the process of it spreading.
• infect verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.

Senses

傳染 is used for these senses in English:

• contagion The spread or transmission of such a disease.
• infect (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.

contagion — full definition

1. noun A disease that spreads by contact, or the process of it spreading.
2. noun The spread of an idea, behavior, or crisis through a group, as if it were a disease.

infect — full definition

1. verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
2. verb To spread a feeling or attitude to other people.