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infection
Found in thesaurus: health problem, unhealthiness, ill health, linguistic process, pathological process, pathologic process, incident, communication, corruption, corruptness, illegality
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infection
n.
state of being infected; contamination by germs or disease; something which contaminates or infects, disease
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Infection
Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease-causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce.Infectious disease, also known as transmissible disease or communicable disease, is illness resulting from an infection.
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infection
Noun
1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
(hypernym) ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
(hyponym) enterobiasis
(part-meronym) incubation
(derivation) infect, taint
2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
(hypernym) linguistic process
(classification) phonetics
3. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(hypernym) pathologic process, pathological process
(hyponym) zymosis
(derivation) infect, taint
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
(synonym) contagion, transmission
(hypernym) incident
(derivation) infect
5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
(synonym) contagion
(hypernym) communication
(derivation) infect
6. moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
(hypernym) corruptness, corruption
7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
(hypernym) illegality
(classification) law, jurisprudence
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infection
nf.
infection, taint
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infection
n.
infekce; nákaza
