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infection   (TTS Sound)

The noun infection has 7 senses

• infection -- (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)


• infection -- ((phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound)


• infection -- ((medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease)


• infection, contagion, transmission -- (an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted)


• contagion, infection -- (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry")


• infection -- (moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable")


• infection -- ((international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure)