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nounan incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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"the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"nounthe communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
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noun(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizuretype of:
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noun(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and diseasetype of:
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"ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"nounmoral corruption or contaminationtype of:
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noun(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring soundtype of:
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nounthe pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganismstype of:
Examples of infection
- "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
- "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"