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infection
[ in-fek-shuhn ]
noun
- an infecting agency or influence.
- an infectious disease:
Is this infection very dangerous?
- the condition of suffering an infection.
- corruption of another's opinions, beliefs, moral principles, etc.; moral contamination.
- an influence or impulse passing from one to another and affecting feeling or action.
- Grammar. (in Celtic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel; umlaut.
infection
/ ɪnˈfɛkʃən /
noun
- invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- the resulting condition in the tissues
- an infectious disease
- the act of infecting or state of being infected
- an agent or influence that infects
- persuasion or corruption, as by ideas, perverse influences, etc
infection
/ ĭn-fĕk′shən /
- The invasion of the body of a human or an animal by a pathogen such as a bacterium, fungus, or virus. Infections can be localized, as in pharyngitis , or widespread as in sepsis , and are often accompanied by fever and an increased number of white blood cells. Individuals with immunodeficiency syndromes are predisposed to certain infections.
- See also infectious disease
infection
- Invasion of the body or a body part by a pathogenic organism, which multiplies and produces harmful effects on the body's tissues.
Other Words From
- nonin·fection noun
- postin·fection adjective
- prein·fection noun
- rein·fection noun
- subin·fection noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of infection1
Example Sentences
Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
The following year, he developed pneumocystis pneumonia—a serious infection associated with HIV and AIDS.
A fair number explicitly ask for an antibiotic, to cover the possibility that it is “bronchitis” or a “sinus infection.”
First, bubonic (rhymes with pneumonic but is altogether different) is a local infection sequestered in a lymph node.
No, not Ebola, but rather infection with the dreaded bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
Chyluria occurs most frequently as a symptom of infection by Filaria sanguinis hominis.
A mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
Infection in man occurs from ingestion of insufficiently cooked pork, which contains encysted embryos.
Tuberculous pleurisy due to direct extension from the lung may give excess of polymorphonuclears owing to mixed infection.
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