as in virus
an abnormal state caused by contact with harmful organisms (such as bacteria or viruses)
There is a viral infection spreading among the schoolchildren.
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Recent Examples of infection
Worldwide, more than 10 million people are diagnosed with an active tuberculosis infection every year.
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NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Over the course of 2½ hours, the Korean masterpiece goes a lot of different places following a bumbling cop worried about his family when a dangerous infection turns his neighbors into monsters.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The virus can also be associated with severe bacterial infection, with some individuals developing bacterial pneumonia or sepsis, Bryant said.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
To compare authoritarianism’s rise to an infection is perhaps obvious.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
Over the course of 2½ hours, the Korean masterpiece goes a lot of different places following a bumbling cop worried about his family when a dangerous infection turns his neighbors into monsters.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
The virus can also be associated with severe bacterial infection, with some individuals developing bacterial pneumonia or sepsis, Bryant said.
—Caroline Neal, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
To compare authoritarianism’s rise to an infection is perhaps obvious.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for infection
Noun
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If the cell quickly self-destructs, that will prevent the virus from spreading throughout the body.—
Viviane Callier,
Scientific American,
20 Oct. 2025
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October marks the official start of flu season, but the virus has yet to start spreading widely.—
Lisa Jarvis,
Mercury News,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Exposure to any germs could've killed her.—
Christian Orozco,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
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Everything that might harbor germs was dangerous.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Infection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/infection. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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