Synonym: contagion, transmission. Similar words: section, election, selection, objection, protection, connection, projection, reflection. Meaning: [ɪn'fekʃn] 
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 5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people 6. moral corruption or contamination 7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure.
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 5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people 6. moral corruption or contamination 7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure. 
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181. I then got a bad infection in my left eye which my doctor suggested was due to the contact lens.
182. Strangles is an acute disease caused by infection with a bacteria called Streptococcus Equi.
183. Loi promised to keep warm, and Joe started him on a course of antibiotics to try to clear the lung infection.
184. This sometimes leads to the mistaken treatment of trichomonal infection as cystitis.
185. This complete category of woe would suggest a bacterial throat infection needing antibiotics.
186. This attacks the body's immune system, which is its defence against infection, and at present there is no known cure.
187. One example might be where a newborn child developed an infection requiring special care, but recovered in a few days.
188. A sick Gooch should not have played in Calcutta with a debilitating virus which developed into a chest infection.
189. In addition, these patients with chronic infection unlike those who clear the infection have no IgA response to Giardia heat shock antigen.
190. The commonest clinical symptom associated with V cholerae non-O1 infection is watery diarrhoea, mild to moderate in severity.
191. Symptomatic, primary HIV-1 infection is generally characterised by a mononucleosis-like illness, with or without aseptic meningitis.
192. Over half the patients who acquire acute hepatitis C virus infection develop chronic hepatitis.
193. Although the infection cleared up, he was left with a mild diarrhoea that proved very persistent.
194. A blood test will also show a raised white blood cell count, indicating infection present in the system.
195. This transmammary infection is often responsible for severe anaemia in litters of young pups in their second or third week of life.
196. Her feeding tube delivers formula 20 hours a day and must be kept clean to prevent infection.
197. This is just as well because trichomonal infection causes changes in the cells of the cervix which mimic those that precede cancerous changes.
198. Most instances have been associated with infection, blood transfusion[sentencedict .com], or termination of pregnancy.
199. In contrast, an IgG and IgA response to this antigen has been reported in children with acute infection.
200. One month after completing this treatment, the C-urea breath test was repeated to assess eradication of the infection.
201. Of particular interest is the relationship between autoimmune chronic hepatitis and hepatitis C virus infection.
202. In effect, IDUs form the critical core group that sustains infection in the heterosexual population.
203. Pain and a nasal discharge may mean the patient has a sinus infection.
204. He is suffering from an ankle injury and a virus infection.
205. The mechanism responsible for secretion or intracellular retention of pre-S peptides in chronic hepatitis B virus infection is uncertain.
206. The longer the arrow remained in the wound, the greater the danger of infection.
207. H pylori infection has been shown in prospective epidemiological studies to be a risk factor for gastric cancer.
208. The Castleford star took medicine for a throat and chest infection before the second Test in Auckland.
209. Cytomegalovirus is a less well-known infection which affects considerably greater numbers of babies than rubella.
210. It provides momentary comfort, but does little to break a troublesome habit or cure a nagging infection.
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