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接触伝染 (sesshokudensen) Japanese meaning: contagion | Kotomora

接せっ触しょく伝でん染せん

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Meanings

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contagion; contact transmission

Medical term for the spread of disease through direct or indirect contact.

接せっ触しょく伝でん染せんを防ふせぐために手て洗あらいが重じゅう要ようです

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Hand washing is important to prevent contact transmission.

この病びょう気きは接せっ触しょく伝でん染せんで広ひろがります。

This disease spreads through contagion.

Kanji

接touch, contact, adjoin
触contact, touch, feel
伝transmit, go along, walk along
染dye, color, paint

Related words

飛ひ沫まつ感かん染せん
飛沫感染 refers to droplet infection, while 接触伝染 is transmission via direct or indirect contact.
空くう気き感かん染せん
空気感染 is airborne transmission, distinct from the contact-based spread of 接触伝染.

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接せっ触しょく+伝でん染せん

Etymology

Compound of 接触 (contact) and 伝染 (transmission, infection).