43
infectious(adjective, move, unhealthy, widespread, fatal)
22
catching(verb, adjective, move, widespread, toxic)
16
communicable(adjective, move, able, widespread, catching)
16
transmissible(adjective, communicable)
13
epidemic(noun, adjective, widespread, catching, toxic)
13
spreading(verb, adjective, communicable)
11
deadly(adjective, foul, unhealthy, communicable)
8
transmittable(adjective, catching, toxic, spreading, infectious)
8
taking(verb, adjective, move, catching, infectious)
6
noxious(adjective, foul, unhealthy)
6
poisonous(adjective, foul, unhealthy, baneful, communicable)
6
pestilential(adjective, foul, communicable)
5
infective
5
toxic(adjective, unhealthy)
4
endemic(adjective, widespread, wide-ranging, infectious, communicable)
4
pestiferous(adjective, annoying, communicable)
3
contractable
3
malignant(adjective, unhealthy)
3
zymotic(adjective, insalubrity)
3
epizootic(adjective, communicable, insalubrity)
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