Infection
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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in international law, an illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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moral corruption or contamination
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the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
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an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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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
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- contagiontransmission
- plural
- Infections
- possessive
- Infection's
- pluralpossessive
- Infections'