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Synonyms for infection

Grammar : Noun
Spell : in-fek-shuh n
Phonetic Transcription : ɪnˈfɛk ʃən

Top 10 synonyms for infection
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Définition of infection

Origin :
  • late 14c., "infectious disease; contaminated condition;" from Old French infeccion "contamination, poisoning" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin infectionem (nominative infectio), noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inficere (see infect). Meaning "communication of disease by agency of air or water" (distinguished from contagion, which is body-to-body communication), is from 1540s.
  • noun contamination
Example sentences :
  • Is it wise of you to expose yourself so much to the infection?
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • He was vainly entreated not to expose himself to the infection.
  • Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
  • It was from the Gurneys he “caught the infection” of self-improvement.
  • Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles
  • Then he caught the infection, and began to laugh, too, but without knowing why.
  • Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
  • My brother recovered at the period when I sickened from the infection of his disease.
  • Extract from : « Beaux and Belles of England » by Mary Robinson
  • He should be treated and prevented from becoming a center of infection for his surroundings.
  • Extract from : « The Sexual Question » by August Forel
  • Perhaps he had better put some kind of germicide on his palm, just to ward off infection.
  • Extract from : « Martians Never Die » by Lucius Daniel
  • By this my uncle was set laughing: whence the infection spread to me.
  • Extract from : « The Cruise of the Shining Light » by Norman Duncan
  • Amsterdam, under the infection of Jewish enthusiasm, effervesced with joy.
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • Unfortunately she, too, is touched by the infection of this irreverent and unfaithful age.
  • Extract from : « The Arrow of Gold » by Joseph Conrad

Antonyms for infection

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