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      infection
      noun
      An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
      A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.
      (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
      A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.
      Roots
      faciofect- · Latin · make, do
      Synonyms for infection
      contagionnvirusninfectiousnessn
      Words related to infection
      reinfectionnspirochetosisstaphylococcicadjerysipeloidadjinfectedadjinfectiveadjecthymastaphnreinfectsuperspreaderbacterialadjstaphylococcaladjinfectiousadjpneumonianpyemianstaphylococcusnchlamydiaepathogennaspergillosisnstrepnpathogenousadjpasteurismnsepticemianstreptococcaladjtyrothricinnherpesnmeningitisnsepsisnstaphylococcinentheticadj

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