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English noun: infection | |||
| 1. | infection (state) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | health problem, ill health, unhealthiness | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bilharzia, bilharziasis, cross infection, enterobiasis, eye infection, felon, focal infection, hordeolum, itch, lockjaw, nonsocial infection, opportunistic infection, paronychia, protozoal infection, respiratory infection, respiratory tract infection, scabies, schistosomiasis, sepsis, septic sore throat, sore, staphylococcal infection, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, sty, stye, superinfection, suprainfection, tapeworm infection, tetanus, throat infection, toxoplasmosis, vaccina, vaccinia, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, viral infection, virus infection, whitlow | ||
| Part holonym | incubation | ||
| 2. | infection (process) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | linguistic process | ||
| Domain category | phonetics | ||
| 3. | infection (process) (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | pathologic process, pathological process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | zymosis | ||
| Domain category | medical specialty, medicine | ||
| 4. | infection (event) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted | ||
| Synonyms | contagion, transmission | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | incident | ||
| 5. | infection (communication) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people | ||
| Samples | A contagion of mirth. The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry. | ||
| Synonyms | contagion | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communication | ||
| 6. | infection (attribute) moral corruption or contamination | ||
| Samples | Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | corruption, corruptness | ||
| 7. | infection (attribute) (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | illegality | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
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