infection

An incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted.

The communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people.

“the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry”

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure.

(medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease.

Moral corruption or contamination.

“ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable”

(phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound.

The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.