infection
noun
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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
- enterobiasis
- whitlow
- focal infection
- nonsocial infection
- opportunistic infection
- paronychia
- protozoal infection
- respiratory tract infection
- itch
- schistosomiasis
- sepsis
- sore
- staphylococcal infection
- streptococcal sore throat
- sty
- superinfection
- suprainfection
- tapeworm infection
- tetanus
- toxoplasmosis
- viral infection
- vaccinia
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Sense 2 noun
(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
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Sense 3 noun
(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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Sense 4 noun
an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
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Sense 5 noun
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
a contagion of mirth
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Sense 6 noun
moral corruption or contamination
ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
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Sense 7 noun
(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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| 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 |