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

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

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

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

          • infection :an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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

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