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Anticontagious
Anticontagious An`ti*con*ta"gious, a. (Med.)
Opposing or destroying contagion.
ContabescenceContabescent Con`ta*bes"cent, a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of
contabescere.]
Wasting away gradually. --Darwin. -- Con*ta*bes"cence, n. ContabescentContabescent Con`ta*bes"cent, a. [L. contabescenc, p. pr. of
contabescere.]
Wasting away gradually. --Darwin. -- Con*ta*bes"cence, n. ContactContact Con"tact, n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum,
to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or
meeting.
2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which
meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of
dissimilar rock. --Raymond.
Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when
two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with
each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths
and in the accurate graduation of instruments. Contact levelContact Con"tact, n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum,
to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]
1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or
meeting.
2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which
meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.
3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of
dissimilar rock. --Raymond.
Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when
two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with
each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths
and in the accurate graduation of instruments. Contaction
Contaction Con*tac"tion, n.
Act of touching. [Obs.]
Contagioned
Contagioned Con*ta"gioned, a.
Affected by contagion.
Contagionist
Contagionist Con*ta"gion*ist, n.
One who believes in the contagious character of certain
diseases, as of yellow fever.
ContagiousContagious Con*ta"gious, a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F.
contagieux.]
1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily
exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.
2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous;
as, contagious air.
3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting
similar emotions or conduct in others.
His genius rendered his courage more contagious.
--Wirt.
The spirit of imitation is contagious. --Ames.
Syn: Contagious, Infectious.
Usage: These words have been used in very diverse senses;
but, in general, a contagious disease has been
considered as one which is caught from another by
contact, by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.;
while an infectious disease supposes some entirely
different cause acting by a hidden influence, like the
miasma of prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting
the system with disease. ``This distinction, though
not universally admitted by medical men, as to the
literal meaning of the words, certainly applies to
them in their figurative use. Thus we speak of the
contagious influence of evil associates; their
contagion of bad example, the contagion of fear, etc.,
when we refer to transmission by proximity or contact.
On the other hand, we speak of infection by bad
principles, etc., when we consider anything as
diffused by some hidden influence. Contagious disease
Contagious disease Con*ta"gious dis*ease" (Med.)
A disease communicable by contact with a patient suffering
from it, or with some secretion of, or object touched by,
such a patient. Most such diseases have already been proved
to be germ diseases, and their communicability depends on the
transmission of the living germs. Many germ diseases are not
contagious, some special method of transmission or
inoculation of the germs being required.
Contagiously
Contagiously Con*ta"gious*ly, adv.
In a contagious manner.
Contagiousness
Contagiousness Con*ta"gious*ness, n.
Quality of being contagious.
Contagium
Contagium Con*ta"gi*um, n. [L.]
Contagion; contagious matter. ``Contagium of measles.'
--Tyndall.
Contain
Contain Con*tain", v. i.
To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
But if they can not contain, let them marry. --1 Cor.
vii. 9.
Containable
Containable Con*tain"a*ble, a.
Capable of being contained or comprised. --Boyle.
Containant
Containant Con*tain"ant, n.
A container.
Container
Container Con*tain"er, n.
One who, or that which, contains.
ContaminateContaminate Con*tam"i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
--Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt. Contaminate
Contaminate Con*tam"i*nate (-n[asl]t), a.
Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. ``Contaminate
drink.' --Daniel.
ContaminatedContaminate Con*tam"i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
--Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt. ContaminatingContaminate Con*tam"i*nate (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[=a]t), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Contaminated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Contaminating.] [L. contaminatus, p. p. of contaminare to
bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion,
for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See
Contact.]
To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully;
to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes?
--Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor
virtue contaminated. --Goldsmith.
Syn: To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain;
corrupt. Contamination
Contamination Con*tam`i*na"tion
(k[o^]n*t[a^]m`[i^]*n[=a]"sh[u^]n), n. [L. contaminatio.]
The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement;
taint; also, that which contaminates.
Contamitive
Contamitive Con*tam"i*tive (k[o^]n*t[a^]m"[i^]*n[.a]*t[i^]v),
a.
Tending or liable to contaminate.
ContangoContango Con*tan"go (k[o^]n*t[a^][ng]"g[-o]), n.; pl.
Contangoes. [Prob. a corruption of contingent.]
1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer
to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock
purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.
[Eng.]
2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on
the payment of a premium to the seller. See
Backwardation. --N. Biddle. ContangoesContango Con*tan"go (k[o^]n*t[a^][ng]"g[-o]), n.; pl.
Contangoes. [Prob. a corruption of contingent.]
1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer
to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock
purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day.
[Eng.]
2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on
the payment of a premium to the seller. See
Backwardation. --N. Biddle. NoncontagiousNoncontagious Non`con*ta"gious, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n. NoncontagiousnessNoncontagious Non`con*ta"gious, a.
Not contagious; not catching; not communicable by contact. --
Non`con*ta"gious*ness, n. Psychical contagionPsychic Psy"chic, Psychical Psy"chic*al, a. [L. psychicus,
Gr. ?, fr. psychh` the soul, mind; cf. ? to blow: cf. F.
psychique.]
1. Of or pertaining to the human soul, or to the living
principle in man.
Note: This term was formerly used to express the same idea as
psychological. Recent metaphysicians, however, have
employed it to mark the difference between psychh` the
living principle in man, and pney^ma the rational or
spiritual part of his nature. In this use, the word
describes the human soul in its relation to sense,
appetite, and the outer visible world, as distinguished
from spiritual or rational faculties, which have to do
with the supersensible world. --Heyse.
2. Of or pertaining to the mind, or its functions and
diseases; mental; -- contrasted with physical.
Psychical blindness, Psychical deafness (Med.), forms of
nervous disease in which, while the senses of sight and
hearing remain unimpaired, the mind fails to appreciate
the significance of the sounds heard or the images seen.
Psychical contagion, the transference of disease,
especially of a functional nervous disease, by mere force
of example.
Psychical medicine, that department of medicine which
treats of mental diseases.
Meaning of Conta from wikipedia
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Conta is a
small genus of
South Asian river catfishes native to
India and Bangladesh.
Conta can be
distinguished from all
other erethistids by the presence...
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Conta conta, the
Conta catfish, is a
species of
South Asian river catfish. This
species grows to a
length of 7.8
centimetres (3.1 in) TL. C.
conta is distributed...
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Conta is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Dennis Conta (born 1940),
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Conta is a
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Contà is a
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Vasile Conta (Romanian pronunciation: [vaˈsile ˈkonta]; Armenian: Վասիլե Գրիգորեիի Կոնտա (Գոնտա);
November 15, 1845 –
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Dennis Conta (born
March 24, 1940) is an
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Richard Heinrich Karl von
Conta was a
German General der
Infanterie during World War I. He was
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Conta pectinata is a
species of
South Asian river catfish endemic to
India where it
occurs the
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