Infection
Definition of Infection
- 1. The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms Noun
- 2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound Noun
- 3. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease Noun
- 4. An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted Noun
- 5. The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people Noun
- 6. Moral corruption or contamination Noun
- 7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure Noun
Synonyms for word "infection"
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- health problem
- ill health
- unhealthiness
- enterobiasis
- felon
- whitlow
- focal infection
- cross infection
- nonsocial infection
- opportunistic infection
- paronychia
- protozoal infection
- respiratory infection
- respiratory tract infection
- itch
- scabies
- bilharzia
- bilharziasis
- schistosomiasis
- sepsis
- sore
- staphylococcal infection
- septic sore throat
- strep throat
- streptococcal sore throat
- streptococcus tonsilitis
- throat infection
- eye infection
- hordeolum
- sty
- stye
- superinfection
- suprainfection
- tapeworm infection
- lockjaw
- tetanus
- toxoplasmosis
- viral infection
- virus infection
- vaccina
- vaccinia
- variola vaccina
- variola vaccine
- variola vaccinia
- incubation
- phonetics
- linguistic process
- medical specialty
- medicine
- pathologic process
- pathological process
- zymosis
- incident
- communication
- corruption
- corruptness
- illegality
- jurisprudence
- law