Anything contagious, such as the flu, is always automatically infectious: if you can catch it from someone, it's being passed to you via an infectious agent, which is the thing that gets you sick—usually a virus or a bacteria. A contagious disease can be caught by touching someone who has the disease or by touching an infected object, or by an infected person coughing, sneezing, etc. near you: CONTAGIOUS definition: capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object.
See examples of contagious used in a sentence. Definition of contagious adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. a contagious disease spreads by close contact between people. Scarlet fever is highly contagious.
how contagious is hsv-1 genitally, (figurative) His enthusiasm was contagious (= spread quickly to other people). The new disease proved contagious. A feeling or attitude that is contagious spreads quickly among a group of people. Laughing is contagious. Antonio has a contagious enthusiasm for the beautiful aspect of food.
how contagious is hsv-1 genitally, I have a cold and I'm still contagious. I'm sick, but the doctor says I'm not contagious. 1. Of or relating to contagion. 2. Transmissible by direct or indirect contact; communicable: a contagious disease.
3. Capable of transmitting a disease: stayed at home until he was no longer contagious. 4. Spreading or tending to spread from one to another; infectious: a contagious smile.
