Word
Infection
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
in-fec-tion
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.
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