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Infection

noun

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 multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease.

An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted. Synonyms: contagion, transmission.

The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people. Synonym: contagion. "The infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

Moral corruption or contamination.

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

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"Infection" Quotes from Famous Books

... of the troops. A painfully thrilling case will be found in the heroic conduct of your fathers' friends, the patriots in Charleston, South Carolina. The prisoners were put upon the hulks, where the small-pox existed, and where they were brought on shore to stay the progress of the infection, and were offered, if they would enlist in his Majesty's service, release from all their sufferings, present and prospective; while, if they would not, the rations would be taken from their families, and ...

— The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government • Jefferson Davis

... Prisoners at the Bar of the Old Bailey. This custom originated in the fear of infection, at a period when Judges, &c. were liable to ...

— Notes and Queries, Number 20, March 16, 1850 • Various

... came to understand how "whatever is" can be "best," and also won a faith in God which I rather caught by infection than gained by any process of his reasoning. Of all else I owe to Samuel, ...

— The Book-Bills of Narcissus - An Account Rendered by Richard Le Gallienne • Le Gallienne, Richard

... it the Goorkhas—keen little Highlanders of the Indian army—looked in vain for the fighting light in their leader's eyes. They listened in vain for the encouraging voice—now low and steady in warning, now trumpet-like and maddening with the infection of excitement. ...

— From One Generation to Another • Henry Seton Merriman

... true! And pretty results have come of this infection of decency!" Durtal burst out laughing as he thought of the ...

— The Cathedral • Joris-Karl Huysmans

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