infection
Use Infection in a sentence
ʃən noun
2.
3.
an infecting agency or influence.
4.
an infectious disease: Is this infection very dangerous?
5.
the condition of suffering an infection.
6.
corruption of another's opinions, beliefs, moral principles, etc.; moral contamination.
7.
an influence or impulse passing from one to another and affecting feeling or action.
8.
Grammar. (in Celtic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel; umlaut.
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| 2. | the resulting condition in the tissues |
| 3. | an infectious disease |
| 4. | the act of infecting or state of being infected |
| 5. | an agent or influence that infects |
| 6. | persuasion or corruption, as by ideas, perverse influences, etc |
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
infection in·fec·tion (ĭn-fěk'shən)
n.
Invasion by and multiplication of pathogenic microorganisms in a bodily part or tissue, which may produce subsequent tissue injury and progress to overt disease through a variety of cellular or toxic mechanisms.
An instance of being infected.
An agent or a contaminated substance responsible for one's becoming infected.
The pathological state resulting from having been infected.
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Science Dictionary
| infection (ĭn-fěk'shən) Pronunciation Key
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, opportunistic infection. |
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Cultural Dictionary
infection definition
Invasion of the body or a body part by a pathogenic organism, which multiplies and produces harmful effects on the body's tissues.
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Example sentences
The developed world seem to be getting the infection after years of being disciplined.
During such an infection, inflamed nodules within the membranes create pressure on the bone surface, leaving the lesions.
Think how different this case is from what happens in rabies, another nasty infection.
Allowing younger mosquitoes to continue reproducing reduces the development of resistance while keeping infection rates low.
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