infection
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3.1
- noun
- /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
- Specialized
:
infección
- After the cut became swollen and red, he realized he might have developed an infection.
- respiratory infections
- influenza infection
- virus infection
What a brilliant way to show how infection can be so serious.
- What a brilliant way to show how infection can be so serious.
- Same goes for bladder infections and pelvic infections.
- But that stress response combats infection because it recruits immune cells.
- And without them, we're vulnerable to colds, infections and allergies.
- What also happened was he got an infection in this wound.
- These are infections that people get in hospitals.
Examples
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Let it drip to prevent infection.
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Three out of four children have at least one ear infection by their third birthday.
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Within the first few months of your infection, you get sick.
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What a brilliant way to show how infection can be so serious.
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From the moment of infection, you have perhaps 24 hours.
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The leg is bad, the infection is spreading.
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That will lead to more infections and will lead to more deaths.
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T cells are very important for sensing infection inside cells.
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The inflammatory response is activated both by infection and by injury.
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I've never seen an infection this bad that didn't come with a fever.
Synonyms
693
1.1
A time when a person is sick and cannot do normal things
37
3.0
A disease caused by germs that can spread from person to person
9
2.8
An illness caused when a virus gets into your body and makes you sick
7
3.5
A sickness that affects the nose, throat, airways, or lungs
5
3.1
An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails
1
3.3
An illness caused by a virus that makes you feel sick
1
2.3
Illness in the throat that makes it sore and hard to swallow
An infection a patient gets in a hospital from another person or things there
Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
9
2.8
An illness caused when a virus gets into your body and makes you sick
- Specialized
8
3.7
A sickness in the parts that make and hold urine, like the kidneys or bladder, caused by germs
- Specialized
5
3.1
An illness a fungus causes in the body, often on the skin or nails
- Specialized
2
4.9
An infection caused by germs that rarely make healthy people sick but do when the immune system is weak
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1
4.1
A sickness of the parts used for breathing, like the nose and lungs, that causes cough and breathing problems
- Specialized
1
5.3
A skin or wound illness caused by bacteria that makes pus and painful lumps
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The percentage of infections that become known as cases
An infection a patient gets in a hospital from another person or things there
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An infection that causes symptoms like dengue fever but is not caused by the dengue virus
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Germs cause an ear problem, often in the outer ear, that makes the ear painful and swollen
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A group of harmful bacteria in one part of the body that causes problems in other parts
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An infection in the lungs or large airways that causes cough and fever
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An infection caught in a hospital or clinic that was not there before you arrived
- Specialized
An illness caused by tiny single-celled germs that live in the body
An infection in the intestines caused by a tapeworm from undercooked meat or fish
- Archaic
A painful contagious infection of the mouth and throat that makes sores inside the mouth
How Severe
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14
7.0
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594
3.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infection comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and -fect 'make', and it once meant to 'taint' or 'stain'. So an infection is when germs get 'into' the body and 'taint' it, causing illness.