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infection

noun

in·​fec·​tion in-ˈfek-shən How to pronounce infection (audio)
1
a
: the state produced by the establishment of one or more pathogenic agents (such as a bacteria, protozoans, or viruses) in or on the body of a suitable host
an infection in his foot
b
: a disease resulting from infection
contagious infections
infections of childhood
2
: an act or process of infecting something or someone
also : the establishment of a pathogen in its host after invasion
3
: an infectious agent or material contaminated with an infectious agent
… that notion that the infection was all in the air, that there was no such thing as contagion from the sick people to the sound … Daniel Defoe
It may not be uninteresting to add, that this case I vaccinated with infection taken from a secondary pock on the arm of her sister … John Redman Coxe
4
: the communication of emotions or qualities through example or contact
But immediately she resisted this intolerable fear as an infection from her husband's way of thinking. George Eliot
also : the emotion or quality that is communicated
… as the evening wore on, she caught the infection of their excitement … Thomas Hardy
Besides, I know what sort of a mind I have placed in communication with my own: I know it is one not liable to take infection … Charlotte Brontë
5
: the act or result of corrupting someone's morals, character, etc.
… it is at least as difficult to stay a moral infection as a physical one … Charles Dickens
… they could not know the origin—or the depth—of his susceptibility to the infection of power. Robert A. Caro

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