CONTRACTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does contracting mean? 

• CONTRACTING (noun)
  The noun CONTRACTING has 1 sense:

1. becoming infected

  Familiarity information: CONTRACTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CONTRACTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Becoming infected

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

catching; contracting

Context example:

the contracting of a serious illness can be financially catastrophic

Hypernyms ("contracting" is a kind of...):

acquiring; getting (the act of acquiring something)

Derivation:

contract (be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness)

 Context examples 

A way of contracting a disease by interacting with an individual that is considered at high risk for having the disease.

(Contact With Medical Risk Factor, NCI Thesaurus)

A way of contracting a disease by physically associating with an infected group of individuals.

(Contact With Exposure In Crowd Setting, NCI Thesaurus)

A way of contracting a disease by interacting with an individual that has been exposed to the disease while undergoing a medical procedure.

(Contact With Exposure During Medical Procedure, NCI Thesaurus)

A tree, contracting in the cool of the night, made a loud noise.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

A thin layer of fibrous tissue capable of stretching and contracting.

(External Elastic Membrane, NCI Thesaurus)

A way of contracting a disease through interactions with an infected person in the same residence.

(Household Contact, NCI Thesaurus)

An indication that a subject is part of a population group that has a greater chance of contracting a disease or disorder.

(Member Of High Risk Population, NCI Thesaurus)

The use of a particular medical device, medication or treatment to help reduce the risk of contracting or developing a disease or condition.

(Intent For Prophylaxis, NCI Thesaurus)

A sequence of biological or biochemical events that are the result of contracting an infection.

(Infectious Disease Pathway, NCI Thesaurus)

Like all deserts, the boundaries of the Sahara fluctuate with the seasons, expanding in the dry winter and contracting during the wetter summer.

(New study finds world’s largest desert, the Sahara, has grown by 10 percent since 1920, National Science Foundation)