Infection

Definition:

• (n.) The act or process of infecting.
• (n.) That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
• (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
• (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
• (n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
• (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Compare infection with other words:

infection vs. transmitted

infection vs. necrosis

infection vs. insection

infection vs. injection

infection vs. invection

infection vs. inflection

infection vs. slough

affliction vs. infection

contagiousness vs. infection

illness vs. infection

affection vs. infection

infection vs. infestive

infectible vs. infection

eyebright vs. infection

infection vs. pyelonephritis

infection vs. onychomycosis

arteritis vs. infection

cata vs. infection

colonized vs. infection

infecting vs. infection

infection vs. spreading

contagion vs. infection

infection vs. virulence

infection vs. paronychia

infection vs. whitlow

infection vs. strangles

cellulitis vs. infection

chancroid vs. infection

infection vs. infective

gastroenteritis vs. infection

infection vs. pomander

infection vs. proteus

aseptic vs. infection

flatness vs. infection

infection vs. tinea

infection vs. leprous

delirium vs. infection

herpes vs. infection

immunity vs. infection

infection vs. tolerance

contagious vs. infection

favus vs. infection

infection vs. zymotic

infection vs. salpingitis

carbuncle vs. infection

infection vs. pruritus

arthritis vs. infection

infection vs. tonsil

hepatitis vs. infection

infection vs. infectious

antiseptic vs. infection

eruption vs. infection

infection vs. ulcer

infection vs. mononucleosis

host vs. infection

infected vs. infection

infect vs. infection

heterogenetic vs. infection

infection vs. pollution

dissect vs. infection

conjunctivitis vs. infection

infection vs. taint

infection vs. pus

boil vs. infection

felon vs. infection

discharge vs. infection

infection vs. stye

disease vs. infection

infection vs. inflammation

cat vs. infection