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infection [n][en]
 
1)(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
    Synonyms :infecção infección 感染 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: illegality  jurisprudence 
 
2)moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
    Synonyms :infecção infección 感染 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: corruption 
 
3)the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
    Synonyms :contagion contágio infecção contagio инфекция 传染 infección 感染 la_contagion ansteckung 감염 伝染病 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: communication  infect 
 
4)an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
    Synonyms :contagion transmission contágio infecção transmissão contagio инфекция 传染 transmisión infección 感染 передачи 传输 la_contagion übertragung ansteckung 감염 伝染病 感染症 伝送 infezione trasmissione infektion l'infection 전송 
    See Also: incident  communicate  infect 
 
5)(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
    Synonyms :infecção infección 感染 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: pathologic_process  medical_specialty  infect  zymosis 
 
6)(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
    Synonyms :infecção infección 感染 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: linguistic_process  phonetics 
 
7)the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
    Synonyms :infecção infección 感染 感染症 infezione infektion l'infection 
    See Also: health_problem  infect  enterobiasis  felon  focal_infection  cross_infection  opportunistic_infection  paronychia  protozoal_infection  respiratory_infection  itch  bilharzia  sepsis  sore  staphylococcal_infection  septic_sore_throat  eye_infection  superinfection  suprainfection  tapeworm_infection  lockjaw  toxoplasmosis  viral_infection  vaccina  incubation 
 



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