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infection

noun 9 letters Scrabble 14 WWF 17
Definitions
noun

an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted

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the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people

“the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry”

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illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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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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