INFECTION

(noun) (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
(noun) moral corruption or contamination
"ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
(noun) 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
A contagion of panic spread from town to town. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
synonyms : contagion , transmission
There was danger of contagion. -added by naila_inlas
(noun) (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
(noun) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
(noun) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

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