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contracting

noun

1 contracting

Becoming infected:
— The contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic.

synonym: catching.

is a specific kind of: acquiring, getting.

derivation: contract, get, take | catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable.

adjective

Roget 195: contracting etc. v.; astringent; shrunk, contracted etc. v.; strangulated, tabid†, wizened, stunted; waning etc. ... show more

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