infection
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
Types & categories
- ill health hypernym
- enterobiasis hyponym
- whitlow hyponym
- focal infection hyponym
- nonsocial infection hyponym
- opportunistic infection hyponym
- paronychia hyponym
- protozoal infection hyponym
- respiratory tract infection hyponym
- itch hyponym
- schistosomiasis hyponym
- sepsis hyponym
- sore hyponym
- staphylococcal infection hyponym
- streptococcal sore throat hyponym
- sty hyponym
- superinfection hyponym
- suprainfection hyponym
- tapeworm infection hyponym
- tetanus hyponym
- toxoplasmosis hyponym
- viral infection hyponym
- vaccinia hyponym
Parts & wholes
- incubation part meronym
Related & opposite
- taint derivation
- infectious derivation
- infectious derivation
Sense 2 noun
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
Types & categories
- linguistic process hypernym
Related & opposite
- phonetics domain topic
Sense 3 noun
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Types & categories
- pathologic process hypernym
- zymosis hyponym
Related & opposite
- taint derivation
- infectious derivation
- medicine domain topic
Sense 4 noun
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
Types & categories
- incident hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 5 noun
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
a contagion of mirth
Types & categories
- communication hypernym
Related & opposite
- infect derivation
- infectious derivation
- contagious derivation
Sense 6 noun
moral corruption or contamination
ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
Types & categories
- corruption hypernym
Sense 7 noun
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
Types & categories
- illegality hypernym
Related & opposite
- law domain topic
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | taint |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infectious |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | infectious |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | incubation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | ill health |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | enterobiasis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | whitlow |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | focal infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonsocial infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | opportunistic infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paronychia |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | protozoal infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | respiratory tract infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | itch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | schistosomiasis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sepsis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sore |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | staphylococcal infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | streptococcal sore throat |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sty |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | superinfection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | suprainfection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tapeworm infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | tetanus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toxoplasmosis |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | viral infection |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vaccinia |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phonetics |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | linguistic process |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | taint |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | infectious |
| 3 | domain topic | Related & opposite | medicine |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | pathologic process |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | zymosis |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | infect |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | transmit |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | catching |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | incident |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | infect |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | infectious |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | contagious |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | communication |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | corruption |
| 7 | domain topic | Related & opposite | law |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | illegality |