infection
The act or process of infecting.
Other meanings
An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
Related words
- anti-infection
- agroinfection
- antiinfection
- autoinfection
- coinfection
- disinfection
- hydrofection
- hyperinfection
- infectiology
- infectional
- infectionism
- infectionist
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "īnfectiō".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “infection” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.