Contagionist

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A believer in the contagious nature of certain diseases, such as yellow fever. historical, obsolete

Etymology

From contagion + -ist.

Related phrases

yellow fever

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