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contagion noun

  /kənˈteɪd͡ʒən/
  • The spread or transmission of such a disease.
  • (figuratively, by extension) The spread of anything likened to a contagious disease.
  • (finance) The spread of (initially small) shocks, which initially affect only a few financial institutions or a particular region of an economy, to other financial sectors and other countries whose economies were previously healthy.
 Ansteckung
  • A disease spread by contact.
 ansteckende Krankheit
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