10
infectious(adjective, catching, poisonous, spreading, transferable)
5
contagious
5
morbific
5
poisonous(adjective, harmful)
4
catching
4
communicable
4
pathogenic
4
virulent(adjective, poisonous, lethal)
3
deadly
3
epidemic
3
pestiferous
3
taking
3
venomous
2
contaminative
2
destructive
2
malign
2
malignant
2
miasmic(adjective, catching, toxic, spreading, transferable)
2
septic
2
toxic
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