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infection

/ infection /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
Type of:
illegality
Domain:
law jurisprudence
noun Sense 2
moral corruption or contamination
"ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
Type of:
corruptness corruption
noun Sense 3
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Type of:
incident
Derived:
convey transmit communicate infect
noun Sense 4
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Type of:
pathologic process pathological process
Kinds of:
zymosis
Derived:
infect taint
Domain:
medicine medical specialty
noun Sense 5
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
Type of:
linguistic process
Domain:
phonetics
noun Sense 6
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Type of:
ill health unhealthiness health problem
Kinds of:
enterobiasis felon whitlow focal infection nonsocial infection
Derived:
infect taint
noun Sense 7
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
"a contagion of mirth"
"the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
Type of:
communication
Derived:
infect
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
26
Times Searched
1
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illegality corruptness corruption incident pathologic process pathological process zymosis linguistic process ill health unhealthiness health problem enterobiasis