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infection

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of infection

an abnormal state caused by contact with harmful organisms (such as bacteria or viruses)

There is a viral infection spreading among the schoolchildren.

Synonyms and Near Synonyms of infection

contagion, contagious disease, virus

attack, bout, fit, spell

debilitation, debility, decrepitude, feebleness, frailness, frailty, indisposition, invalidism, invalidity, lameness, sickliness, unhealthiness, unsoundness, unwellness, weakliness, weakness

malaise, matter, pip

epidemic, pandemic, pest, pestilence, plague

affection, affliction, ail, ailment, bug, complaint, complication, condition, disease, disorder, distemper, distemperature, dysfunction (also disfunction), fever, ill, illness, infirmity, malady, sickness, trouble, upset

Antonyms and Near Antonyms of infection

fitness, healthiness, hardiness, heartiness, lustiness, robustness, soundness, wholeness, wholesomeness

health, wellness

antidote, antivenin, antivenom, mithridate

cure-all, elixir, panacea

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