Infection ¹

Definition: The act or process of infecting.

Infection ²

Definition: That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

Infection ³

Definition: The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

Infection ⁴

Definition: That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

Infection ⁵

Definition: Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

Infection ⁶

Definition: Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

infection ⁷

Definition: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

infection ⁸

Definition: moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

infection ⁹

Definition: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

infection ¹⁰

Definition: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

infection ¹¹

Definition: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

infection ¹²

Definition: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

infection ¹³

Definition: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms