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Infection Definition

(n.) The act or process of infecting.

(n.) That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.

(n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

(n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

(n.) Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

(n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.