infection
IPA: ɪnfˈɛkʃʌn
noun
- (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
- A disease caused by a pathogen.
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
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Examples of "infection" in Sentences
- The word infection means different things to different people.
- He tried to recall the word infection, chided himself for letting so crucial a term slip from his memory.
- The reason the statistic is so stunning is because the figures used to determine the difference in infection rates uses a bizarrely low estimate of the percentage of the population covered by the term “men who have sex with men”.
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