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Synonyms for infection
ɪnˈfɛk ʃənin·fec·tion

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English Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. infection

    Infection is frequently confused with contagion, even by medical men. The best usage now limits contagion to diseases that are transmitted by contact with the diseased person, either directly by touch or indirectly by use of the same articles, by breath, effluvia, etc. Infection is applied to diseases produced by no known or definable influence of one person upon another, but where common climatic, malarious, or other wide-spread conditions are believed to be chiefly instrumental.

    Synonyms:
    contagion

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. infection

    Synonyms:
    taint, poison, contamination, corruption, contagion

    Antonyms:
    purification, disinfection, antidote

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. infectionnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    contagion, transmission

  2. infectionnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    contagion, transmission

  3. infectionnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    contagion, transmission

  4. infection, contagion, transmissionnoun

    an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

    Synonyms:
    transmission, contagious disease, transmittance, contagion, transmittal, transmitting, transmission system

  5. contagion, infectionnoun

    the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

    "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

    Synonyms:
    transmission, contagion, contagious disease

  6. infectionnoun

    moral corruption or contamination

    "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

    Synonyms:
    contagion, transmission

  7. infectionnoun

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

    Synonyms:
    contagion, transmission

Editors Contribution2.0 / 4 votes

  1. buboes

    because it happened during the black death happened

    the people would get buboes by fleas

    Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. infectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    contagion

  2. infectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words3.0 / 2 votes

  1. infectionnoun

    Synonyms:
    contagion, contamination, vitiation, pollution

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How to use infection in a sentence?

  1. Natalia Uglow:

    I was concerned about her and said to Ana to speak to the teachers and ask them to see a doctor and phone me back. I told her to exaggerate her symptoms if necessary to get the result and say that her parents were concerned, i also offered to speak to them myself. I believe Ana spoke to Mr. (Rory) Hambly as she reported back that Mr. Hambly had told her that she would have had a higher temperature if she had a chest infection and advised her to take paracetamol.

  2. John Balmes:

    I think about half of the people being trained came down with the SARS-CoV-2 infection, it's a big problem and we have to really support our firefighters. They are working really hard in very dangerous conditions and are really at risk for both Covid-19 and the effects of wildfire smoke.

  3. Alex Corbishley:

    Wastewater epidemiology has been part of monitoring of polio infection across the world, so it's not completely new, but it's never really been applied to an outbreak in this way.

  4. Betsy Boyd via AP:

    He’s on immunosuppressant drugs, so he could get an infection, anything could happen. If Stan did pass away sooner rather than later, I’d know I had done what I could for him. We’ve already had a few really good weeks. He’s really happy, and that alone is worth the price.

  5. Akiko Iwasaki:

    That approach we have shown in the mouse model to be 100 % protective against lethal dose of SARS-CoV-2 infection, and it dramatically reduces the viral load in the nose and in the lung.


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