Infection Meaning

There are 7 meaning(s) for word Infection

Meaning 1 : an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

    Synonyms : contagion,  transmission
Meaning 2 : the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

    Example : the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry

    Synonyms : contagion
Meaning 3 : (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Meaning 4 : (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

Meaning 5 : moral corruption or contamination

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

Meaning 6 : (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

Meaning 7 : the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms


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