contagiousness

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Etymology

contagious +‎ -ness

Noun

contagiousness (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of being contagious.
    • 1999, Robert Lacey, Danny Danziger, The Year 1000: What life was like at the turn of The First Millennium, London: Abacus, published 2000, page 122:
      While people had no knowledge of modern germ theory in the year 1000, they were well aware of the contagiousness of diseases.

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