Home › Words › C › contagiumcontagiumcontagium · noun — contagion; contagious matter.Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).EtymologyFrom Latin contagium (“contagion”).nouncontagion; contagious matterDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.contagiosity 76% match — contagiousness vs contagium →contagion 72% match — A disease spread by contact. vs contagium →contagioned 69% match — Affected by contagion (contagious disease) vs contagium →enthetic 68% match — contagious; catching vs contagium →contaminous 68% match — Causing contamination; infectious. vs contagium →contagionism 67% match — A belief in the contagious character of certain diseases. vs contagium →contagiousness 67% match — The state or condition of being contagious. vs contagium →contagiously 63% match — In a contagious manner vs contagium →