Dictionary of contemporary English. 2013.
INFECTION — Les maladies infectieuses, dites également maladies transmissibles, diffèrent des autres affections en ce que leur naissance requiert absolument la pénétration dans l’organisme hôte d’un agent infectant vivant. La spécificité de celui ci apparaît … Encyclopédie Universelle
Infection — In*fec tion, n. [Cf. F. infection, L. infectio a dyeing.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act or process of infecting. [1913 Webster] There was a strict order against coming to those pits, and that was only to prevent infection. De Foe. [1913 Webster] 2.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
infection — Infection. sub. f. Grande puanteur. Cet esgoust là est la plus grande infection. il en sort une si estrange infection. infection insupportable. Il signifie aussi, Corruption contagieuse. L Infection des corps morts mit la peste dans cette ville … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
infection — [in fek′shən] n. [ME infeccioun < OFr infection < LL infectio] 1. an infecting; specif., a) the act of causing to become diseased b) the act of affecting with one s feelings or beliefs 2. the fact or state of being infected, esp. by the… … English World dictionary
Infection — (v. lat.), Ansteckung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Infection — Infection, lat. deutsch, in der Medicin die Erkrankung durch ein Miasma, vergl. Ansteckung … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
infection — index contaminate, disease Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
infection — late 14c., infectious disease; contaminated condition; from O.Fr. infeccion contamination, poisoning (13c.) and dir. from L.L. infectionem (nom. infectio), noun of action from pp. stem of L. inficere (see INFECT (Cf. infect)). Meaning… … Etymology dictionary
infection — [n] contamination bug*, communicability, contagion, contagiousness, corruption, defilement, disease, epidemic, flu, germs, impurity, insanitation, poison, pollution, septicity, virus, what’s going around*; concepts 230,306 Ant. sanitation,… … New thesaurus
infection — ► NOUN 1) the process of infecting or the state of being infected. 2) an infectious disease … English terms dictionary
infection — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ nasty, serious, severe ▪ mild, minor, moderate ▪ acute, chronic ▪ … Collocations dictionary
