What is the meaning of contagion?

Any disease easily transmitted by contact.
- synonyms: contagious disease
An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.
- synonyms: infection, transmission
The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.
- usage: "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
- synonyms: infection

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