Defenition of the word infection
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Defenition of the word infection
- The entry and development or multiplication of an infectious agent in the body of a living organism.
- Process in which a disease is transmitted.
- invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms causing inflammation
- an incident is which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
- moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
- an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
- (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
- (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
- the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- moral corruption or contamination
- the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
Synonyms for the word infection
Hyponyms for the word infection
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- bilharzia
- bilharziasis
- cross infection
- enterobiasis
- eye infection
- felon
- focal infection
- hordeolum
- itch
- lockjaw
- nonsocial infection
- opportunistic infection
- paronychia
- protozoal infection
- respiratory infection
- respiratory tract infection
- scabies
- schistosomiasis
- sepsis
- septic sore throat
- sore
- staphylococcal infection
- strep throat
- streptococcal sore throat
- streptococcus tonsilitis
- sty
- stye
- superinfection
- suprainfection
- tapeworm infection
- tetanus
- throat infection
- toxoplasmosis
- vaccina
- vaccinia
- variola vaccina
- variola vaccine
- variola vaccinia
- viral infection
- virus infection
- whitlow
- zymosis
Hypernyms for the word infection
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- communication
- corruption
- corruptness
- health problem
- ill health
- illegality
- incident
- linguistic process
- pathologic process
- pathological process
- unhealthiness
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