Noun Definition
infection
1.Definition: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
Category: General2.Definition: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Category: General3.Definition: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
Category: General4.Definition: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Related Noun(s):contagion, transmission
Category: General5.Definition: moral corruption or contamination
"Ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
Category: General6.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: General7.Definition: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Category: General