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noun
the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
“the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry”
noun
illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
noun
the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
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moral corruption or contamination
“ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable”
noun
the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
noun
the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
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