infection
noun
[ ɪnˈfɛkʃ(ə)n ]
• the process of infecting or the state of being infected.
• "strict hygiene will limit the risk of infection"
Similar:
contamination,
poison,
septicity,
septicaemia,
ulceration,
suppuration,
inflammation,
germs,
bacteria,
microbes,
sepsis,
Origin:
late Middle English: from late Latin infectio(n- ), from Latin inficere ‘dip in, taint’ (see infect).
