eng: infection

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Meaning
means	(noun) the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms infection
means	(noun) (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound infection
means	(noun) (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease infection
means	(noun) an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted transmission, contagion, infection
means	(noun) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry" contagion, infection
means	(noun) moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable" infection
means	(noun) (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure infection