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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024in•fec•tion /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/USA pronunciation n. - the state of being infected:[uncountable]If you leave that wound untreated, infection will result.
- an infectious disease:[countable]an ear infection.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024in•fec•tion (in fek′shən),USA pronunciation n. - an act or fact of infecting;
state of being infected. - Pathologyan infecting with germs of disease, as through the medium of infected insects, air, water, or clothing.
- an infecting agency or influence.
- Pathologyan infectious disease:Is this infection very dangerous?
- Pathologythe condition of suffering an infection.
- corruption of another's opinions, beliefs, moral principles, etc.;
moral contamination. - an influence or impulse passing from one to another and affecting feeling or action.
- Grammar(in Celtic languages) assimilation in which a vowel is influenced by a following vowel or semivowel;
umlaut.
- Late Latin infectiōn- (stem of infectiō). See infect, -ion
- Middle English infeccio(u)n 1350–1400
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: infection /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/ n - invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
- the resulting condition in the tissues
- an infectious disease
- the act of infecting or state of being infected
- an agent or influence that infects
- persuasion or corruption, as by ideas, perverse influences, etc
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