Usually means: Invasion of body by pathogens.
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General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. infection: Merriam-Webster
  2. infection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. infection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. infection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. infection: Vocabulary.com
  6. Infection, infection: Wordnik
  7. infection: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. infection: Wiktionary
  9. infection: Dictionary.com
  10. infection: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  11. Infection (Babylon 5), Infection (Chicago franchise), Infection (crossover event), Infection (disambiguation), Infection, The Infection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. Infection: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  13. infection: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  14. infection: Rhymezone
  15. infection, infection (f): AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. infection: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. infection: FreeDictionary.org
  18. infection: Mnemonic Dictionary
  19. infection: TheFreeDictionary.com
  20. infection: Infoplease Dictionary
  21. infection: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  22. infection: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  23. infection: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. infection: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. infection: Encyclopedia
  2. infection: Webster's New World Hacker Dictionary

Medicine (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. infection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Infection: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Infection: Merck Manuals
  7. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  8. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  9. Infection: Scleroderma
  10. KidsHealth Glossary of Medical Words (No longer online)
  11. infection: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  12. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  13. infection: Medical dictionary
  14. Rudy's List of Archaic Medical Terms (No longer online)
  15. Infection: Drug Medical Dictionary
  16. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Fishkeeping glossary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dairy Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
noun:  An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
noun:  A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
noun:  A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.

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