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zaraźliwy — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • contagious adj Capable of being passed from one person to another through contact.
  • infectious adjective Able to be passed from one person or animal to another, usually through germs.
  • transmissible adj Able to be transmitted.

Senses

zaraźliwy is used for these senses in English:

  • infectious (pathology, of an illness) Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
  • infectious (of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another.

contagious — full definition

  1. adj Capable of being passed from one person to another through contact.
  2. adj Quickly spreading to others, especially of moods or behavior.

infectious — full definition

  1. adjective Able to be passed from one person or animal to another, usually through germs.
  2. adjective Quickly spreading to affect other people's mood or behaviour.

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