Thesaurus: infection

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1. n. The act or process of infecting.
2. n. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
3. n. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
4. n. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
5. n. Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
6. n. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
7. n. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
8. n. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
9. n. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
10. n. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
11. n. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
12. n. moral corruption or contamination