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Quick definitions from WordNet (infection)
▸ noun: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
▸ noun: moral corruption or contamination ("Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable")
▸ noun: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
▸ noun: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
▸ noun: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
▸ noun: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
▸ noun: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people ("The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry")
▸ Also see infections
▸ Words similar to infection
▸ Usage examples for infection
▸ Popular adjectives describing infection
▸ Words that often appear near infection
▸ Rhymes of infection
▸ Invented words related to infection
▸ noun: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
▸ noun: moral corruption or contamination ("Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable")
▸ noun: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
▸ noun: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
▸ noun: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
▸ noun: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
▸ noun: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people ("The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry")
▸ Also see infections
▸ Words similar to infection
▸ Usage examples for infection
▸ Popular adjectives describing infection
▸ Words that often appear near infection
▸ Rhymes of infection
▸ Invented words related to infection