Tra từ infection - Từ điển WordNet v3.1

noun

1. the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (Freq. 9)
• Derivationally related forms:
infectious, infect
• Hypernyms:
ill health, unhealthiness, health problem
• Hyponyms:
enterobiasis, felon, whitlow, focal infection, nonsocial infection,
cross infection, opportunistic infection, paronychia, protozoal infection, respiratory tract infection, respiratory infection,
scabies, itch, schistosomiasis, bilharzia, bilharziasis, sepsis,
sore, staphylococcal infection, streptococcal sore throat, strep throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, septic sore throat,
throat infection, sty, stye, hordeolum, eye infection, superinfection,
suprainfection, tapeworm infection, tetanus, lockjaw, toxoplasmosis, viral infection,
virus infection, vaccinia, vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, variola vaccina
• Part Meronyms:
incubation
2. (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
• Topics:
phonetics
• Hypernyms:
linguistic process
3. (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
• Derivationally related forms:
infectious, infect
• Topics:
medicine, medical specialty
• Hypernyms:
pathologic process, pathological process
• Hyponyms:
zymosis
4. an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
• Syn:
contagion, transmission
• Derivationally related forms:
transmit (for: transmission), contagious (for: contagion), infect
• Hypernyms:
incident
5. the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
- a contagion of mirth
- the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
• Syn:
contagion
• Derivationally related forms:
infectious, infect, contagious (for: contagion)
• Hypernyms:
communication
6. moral corruption or contamination
- ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
• Hypernyms:
corruptness, corruption
7. (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
• Hypernyms:
illegality