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Meaning of infection

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  infection
      n 1: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the
           body by pathogenic microorganisms
      2: (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the
         influence of a neighboring sound
      3: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic
         microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to
         tissue damage and disease
      4: an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
         [syn: {infection}, {contagion}, {transmission}]
      5: the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a
         number of people; "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of
         his enthusiasm for poetry" [syn: {contagion}, {infection}]
      6: moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led
         astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
      7: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a
         ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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