Infection

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English

Noun

Infection (plural Infections)
  1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
  2. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.

Adjectives for Infection

acute; common; respiratory; wide-spread; bacterial; innocent; recurrent; severe.

Verbs for Infection

breathe—; combat—; cope with—; contract—; convey—; diagnose—; eradicate—; es¬cape—; expose to—; exterminate—; immunize against—; incise—; introduce—; localize—; predispose to—; purge of—; risk—; scatter—; transmit—; —derives from; — enters; —lingers; —ravages; —spreads.

Thesaurus

abomination, adulteration, aerial infection, afflatus, airborne infection, animating spirit, animation, animus, atrocity, bad, bane, befouling, blight, carrier, communicability, contagion, contagiousness, contamination, corruption, damage, defilement, despoliation, destruction, detriment, direct infection, dirtying, divine afflatus, droplet infection, dust infection, enlivenment, envenoming, epidemiology, evil, exhilaration, festering, fire, firing, fouling, genius, grievance, hand infection, harm, havoc, hurt, ill, indirect infection, infectiousness, infusion, injury, inspiration, mischief, misuse, moving spirit, outrage, perversion, poison, poisoning, pollution, primary infection, prostitution, soiling, suppuration, taint, the worst, toxin, vector, venom, vexation, virus, vitiation, woe, wrong,