infection

[In*fec·tion]

Infections are what happens when germs invade your body and cause a disease. Some, like meningitis, an infection of the tissues covering the brain and spinal cord, can be deadly. Others, like the common cold, are relatively mild.

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The act or process of infecting.

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

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moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

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the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

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an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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

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

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

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The act or process of infecting.

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That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

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The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

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That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

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Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

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Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Infection

In*fec"tion , n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.] 1. The act or process of infecting.

There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection.

2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

And that which was still worse, they that did thus break out spread the infection further by their wandering about with the distemper upon them.

3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

The danger was really very great, the infection being so very violent in London.

4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

It was her chance to light Amidst the gross infections of those times.

5. (Law) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication. 6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Through all her train the soft infection ran.

Mankind are gay or serious by infection.

Syn. -- Infection, Contagion. -- Infection is often used in a definite and limited sense of the transmission of affections without direct contact of individuals or immediate application or introduction of the morbific agent, in contradistinction to contagion, which then implies transmission by direct contact. Quain. See Contagious.

The act or process of infecting.

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Usage Examples

Thanks to evolution, our bodies have powerful ways to ward off illness and infection and enable us to live long and healthy lives. Why, then, do health costs continue to climb at unsustainable and frightening rates?

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Other Usage Examples

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power.

One out of every 100 American men is HIV positive. The rate of infection has reached epidemic proportions in 40 developing nations.