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infection

Word definitions for infection in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Infection is the invasion of an organism's body tissues by disease -causing agents, their multiplication, and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce. Infectious disease , also known as transmissible disease or communicable ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infection \In*fec"tion\, n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.] The act or process of infecting. There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. --De Foe. That which infects, or causes the communicated ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a cancer/infection spreads (= in someone’s body ) ▪ The cancer had spread to his brain. a chest infection ▪ Every time I get a cold I get a chest infection too. a virus infection ▪ The fever was caused by a virus infection. ...

Usage examples of infection.

One case linked to contaminated equipment caused amebiasis, a parasitic infection, in thirty-six people.

At eleven, he was seen by the surgeons who agreed that gall-bladder infection was possible, even though bilirubin and amylase tests were normal.

Unlike Ebola, though, there have been reports of airborne transmission of two of the arenaviruses, so wearing protective clothing, especially an N95 respirator mask, is essential when around infected patients or patients suspected of having the infection.

He gathered the birdman, his torso streaked with crimson and green lines of infection, as he had once gathered SpikeFeather, and he sang for him the Song of Recreation.

She washed their eyes with boric acid and Argyrol, to prevent infection.

The Nodes from gates three to thirty-six were always buzzing with news of the latest infections caught trying to sneak past their guard.

The most promising medication to date is cidofovir, or Vistide, which is used to treat eye infections caused by cytomegalovirus, a complication seen in some people with AIDS.

Mum, learning at her knee about whelping and worming, infections, dysplasia, mites and ticks.

High eosinophil counts could also be caused by a variety of other illnesses such as cancer, parasitic infections, and autoimmune diseases.

Yuri Lemingov was transferred out of the epidemiology section of our institute and assigned to a lengthy study of hospital-acquired infection in a treatment facility in St.

Those were the two antibiotics most effective against fungal infections.

As the camera panned over them Slocock was shocked to see that many of them showed signs of fungal infection.

None of them, Wilson saw, displayed any external sign of fungal infection.

The surviving two volunteers on Megacrine have both succumbed to fungal infection since you left.

That would seem to indicate that the source of infection is within the city, and Hennes has been working on the assumption.