infection

1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

Definition categories: state, unhealthiness

2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

Definition categories: process

3. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

Definition categories: process

4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Definition categories: event, incident

5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

- the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry

Similar word(s): contagion

Definition categories: communication

6. moral corruption or contamination

- ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable

7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Definition categories: attribute, illegality

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