meaning of infection
1. The act or process of infecting.
2. That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
3. The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
4. That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
5. Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
6. Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
7. international law illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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