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Definitions of contracting
  1. noun
    becoming infected
    "the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic"

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Definition that contains contracting
  • acquisition the act of contracting or assuming or acquiring possession of something
  • toner a lotion for cleansing the skin and contracting the pores
  • vaccination taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
  • inoculation taking a vaccine as a precaution against contracting a disease
  • hemostatic tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
  • styptic tending to check bleeding by contracting the tissues or blood vessels
  • contractile capable of contracting or being contracted
  • contractility the capability or quality of shrinking or contracting, especially by muscle fibers and even some other forms of living matter
  • federal job safety law a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
  • occupational safety and health act a law passed by the United States Congress that created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to prevent employees from being injured or contracting diseases in the course of their employment
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