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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:
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incident communication sore transmission corruption itch infect infectious felon tetanus sty contagion whitlow lockjaw illegality schistosomiasis sepsis scabies corruptness stye toxoplasmosis pathologic process pathological process zymosis linguistic process unhealthiness ill health health problem septic sore throat staphylococcal infection strep throat streptococcal sore throat streptococcus tonsilitis superinfection suprainfection tapeworm infection throat infection vaccina bilharzia variola vaccina variola vaccine variola vaccinia viral infection virus infection vaccinia bilharziasis cross infection enterobiasis eye infection focal infection hordeolum nonsocial infection opportunistic infection paronychia protozoal infection respiratory infection respiratory tract infection