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src: wikipedia
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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