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infection
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
Rhymes with -ɛkʃən
Where it comes from
From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect + -ion.
noun infections
- The act or process of infecting.
- An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host. An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three t
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A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.
Similar: infectious disease
- A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: contagion, transmission, communicable, infective, epidemic, infectivity, infect, infestation, infectious, infected, aids, sepsis, hiv, virus, hcv, chlamydia
Translations
Every language
noun the process of infecting
| Español | infección, infición |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 감염 gamyeom, 전염 jeonyeom |
| 日本語 | 伝染 densen |
| 中文 | 傳染 /传染 chuánrǎn |
| हिन्दी | संक्रमण saṅkramaṇ |
| Português | infecção, infeccionamento |
| Français | infection |
| Deutsch | Ansteckung, Infektion |
| Italiano | infezione |
| Română | infectare |
| Русский | инфе́кция infékcija, зараже́ние zaražénije |
| Tiếng Việt | sự nhiễm trùng, sự lây nhiễm |
| العربية | عَدْوَى ʕadwā |
| עברית | זיהום, זִהוּם zihum |
noun uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host
| Español | infección, infición |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 감염 gamyeom |
| 日本語 | 感染 kansen |
| 中文 | 感染 gǎnrǎn |
| हिन्दी | संक्रमण saṅkramaṇ |
| Português | infecção |
| Français | infection |
| Deutsch | Infektion |
| Italiano | infezione |
| Ελληνικά | λοίμωξη loímoxi, μόλυνση mólynsi |
| Română | infecție |
| Русский | инфе́кция infékcija, зара́за zaráza |
| Tiếng Việt | sự nhiễm trùng, sự lây nhiễm |
| العربية | عَدْوَى ʕadwā |
| עברית | זיהום, זִהוּם zihum, נֶגַע néga' |
Talk about this word "infection." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/infection. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. infection. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/infection "infection." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/infection.Cite this
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title = {infection},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/infection},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
