Synonyms for infection
ɪnˈfɛk ʃənin·fec·tion

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1. infection

   Infection is frequently confused with contagion, even by medical men. The best usage now limits contagion to diseases that are transmitted by contact with the diseased person, either directly by touch or indirectly by use of the same articles, by breath, effluvia, etc. Infection is applied to diseases produced by no known or definable influence of one person upon another, but where common climatic, malarious, or other wide-spread conditions are believed to be chiefly instrumental.

   Synonyms:
   contagion

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1. infection

   Synonyms:
   taint, poison, contamination, corruption, contagion

   Antonyms:
   purification, disinfection, antidote

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1. infectionnoun

   the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmission

2. infectionnoun

   (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmission

3. infectionnoun

   (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmission

4. infection, contagion, transmissionnoun

   an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

   Synonyms:
   transmission, contagious disease, transmittance, contagion, transmittal, transmitting, transmission system

5. contagion, infectionnoun

   the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

   "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"

   Synonyms:
   transmission, contagion, contagious disease

6. infectionnoun

   moral corruption or contamination

   "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmission

7. infectionnoun

   (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

   Synonyms:
   contagion, transmission

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1. • Communication
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   • Ill Health
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   • Incident
   • Law
   • Linguistic Process
   • Medicine
   • Pathologic Process
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Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:2.0 / 4 votes

1. buboes

   because it happened during the black death happened

   the people would get buboes by fleas

   Submitted by rinat on August 15, 2019  

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1. infectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   contagion

2. infectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   contamination, taint, bane, pest, poison

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1. infectionnoun

   Synonyms:
   contagion, contamination, vitiation, pollution

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1. List of paraphrases for "infection":

   infections, contagion, contamination, infected, disease, infectious, infestation

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1. Ben Haynes:

   In recent weeks, there have been rare reports of myocarditis and pericarditis occurring after COVID-19 vaccination in the United States and Europe, myocarditis and pericarditis are side effects that can be seen following a viral infection and other types of vaccination. Reported cases appear to be mild and often go away without requiring treatment.

2. Anthony Fauci:

   What you need to do is you need to look at the level of infection in the community, being vaccinated, the risk for you is very low. It isn't like before, when you were not vaccinated and you had a lot of activity in the community and you went into an indoor restaurant where there was no( restrictions)... your risk would be up there. Whereas now, the risk is not zero, but it's extremely low.

3. Elizabeth Carlton:

   Its ski season in Colorado in January, so its not hard to imagine that someone from one of the West Coast states came to Colorado to go skiing and brought an infection, thats just one of many possible routes.

4. Tony Fauci:

   The worst possible thing you do is vaccinate somebody to prevent infection and actually make them worse.

5. Margaret Chan:

   We feel that the risk of Zika infection is low for an individual, and it is manageable, as long as individuals take appropriate personal protective measures, including the use of a mosquito repellent, including wearing clothing that prevents mosquito bites.