Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
Type of:
illegality
noun
Sense 2
"ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
noun
Sense 3
Type of:
incident
noun
Sense 4
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Kinds of:
zymosis
noun
Sense 6
noun
Sense 7
"a contagion of mirth"
"the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
Type of:
communication
Derived:
infect
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
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Total Synonyms
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Total Relationships
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Times Searched
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