contagious

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14:59 Apr 11, 2020
English to Catalan translations [PRO]
COVID-19 - Science - Medical (general)
Additional field(s): Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-), Medical (general), Journalism
English term or phrase: contagious
Definition from MedicineNet:
Capable of being transmitted from one human to another human via direct or indirect contact.

Example sentence(s):
  • It’s still not clear why children do not seem to be affected by the disease as severely as adults are, how long it will take to develop a vaccine, or exactly how the disease was first transmitted to humans – but they are making headway on determining how contagious it is. CTV News
  • Coronavirus is most contagious before and during the first week of symptoms. ScienceNews
  • The warmer it is, the less contagious the coronavirus becomes. Business Insider
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5contagiós-osa
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contagiós-osa


Definition from Termcat:
Dit d'una malaltia que es comunica per contagi i, per analogia, d'un malalt d'una d'aquestes malalties.

Example sentence(s):
  • adj 1 Que es comunica per contagi. Una malaltia contagiosa. 2 p anal Un malalt contagiós. 3 fig Un vici contagiós. con_ta_gi_ós. - GDLC  
  • Alerta sanitària: Detecten un virus contagiós a Girona [...] La parotiditis o galteres és una malaltia vírica aguda i contagiosa que es caracteritza per la inflor d’una o més glàndules salivals, generalment les paròtides. La malaltia acostuma a ser benigna però, a vegades, pot portar complicacions, com ara l’orquitis (inflamació del testicle) o l’ooforitis (inflamació de l’ovari). - La Revista de la Cerdanya  
  • Li, de 34 anys, havia intentat advertir els seus companys al desembre sobre l’existència d’un nou virus contagiós que s’assemblava a la síndrome respiratòria aguda mortal severa (SARS). El Punt Avui, 6 febrer 2020 - El Punt Avui  
Aïda Garcia Pons
United States
Local time: 07:46
Native speaker of: Native in CatalanCatalan, Native in SpanishSpanish
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