risk of infection
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3.3
- noun
- Specialized
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riesgo de infección
- To minimize the risk of infection, it is important to wash your hands frequently and avoid close contact with sick individuals.
- increased risk of infection
- higher risk of infection
- reduce the risk of infection
But the latest summary of all the studies shows that proper mask wearing does reduce risk of infection significantly.
- But the latest summary of all the studies shows that proper mask wearing does reduce risk of infection significantly.
- So the theory in the past was that you should keep everything clean around small children so that you don't expose them to this risk of infection.
Examples
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Standard hospital practice is to place premature twins in separate incubators to reduce the risk of infection.
Fiction book (1998) -
Many cancer chemotherapies that target nucleotide metabolism also cause immunosuppression, increasing the risk of infection in cancer patients.
Academic text (2016) -
And what would you say now that people should be doing to limit the risk of infection to themselves and others?
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The risk of infection is too great.
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Due to risk of infection, you cannot be allowed to leave the city.
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One challenge for parents of children undergoing cancer treatment is the risk of infection.
Academic text (2018) -
Burns always carry a risk of infection, and antibiotics may be required.
Academic text (2012) -
But the latest summary of all the studies shows that proper mask wearing does reduce risk of infection significantly.
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With the use of a lead wire that exits the body, there is a risk of infection.
Academic text (2001) -
Transmission is influenced by human behavior, and certain sexual behaviors increase the risk of infection.
Academic text (1993)
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'likelihood of becoming infected' is directly and compositionally derived from 'risk' (probability/danger) combined with 'infection' (illness), with 'of' serving as a standard linking preposition. This noun + of + noun pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Risk of infection gives a clear picture: tiny germs close to a cut or a person, and each touch could start illness, so the risk is how likely the infection will happen. That's why it means 'the chance of becoming infected'.