Noun Definition

infection

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

Category: General

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

Category: General

3.Definition: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

Category: General

4.Definition: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

Related Noun(s):contagion, transmission

Category: General

5.Definition: moral corruption or contamination

"Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

Category: General

6.Definition: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

"A contagion of mirth", "The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

Related Noun(s):contagion

Category: General

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

Category: General