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infection

An infection is when germs enter the body and make it sick. He had a serious infection from the cut on his arm. An infection is the state of being infected. The doctor had to treat a person with a scabies infection.

infection

the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure moral corruption or contamination ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted (= contagion) the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people a contagion of mirth the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry

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Simple sentences

You have a gum infection.
I have an ear infection.
I had a bladder infection last month.
Effective use of disinfectant is an important subject in relation to infection control in hospitals.
There's no sign of infection.
Don't touch the wound, you could get an infection!
The hospital quarantined the infected patients to avoid cross infection.
My doctor told me that I had contracted a sexually transmitted infection.
Tom has an eye infection.
Swollen lymph nodes are usually found near the site of an infection, tumour, or inflammation.
The discovery of inadequate infection control protocols in several dental clinics has given rise to fears that patients may have been infected with HIV or hepatitis.
The boys are being kept away from family members to prevent them from getting an infection.
Because mucous membranes are prone to infection, doctors advise that you wash your hands before picking your nose.
Syphilis is an infection that can be transmitted through sexual intercourse.
The infection has reached the bloodstream.
Antibiotics are a cure for infection.
If it's an infection, you might need antibiotics.
It's an infection.
As a precaution against infection, please put on the face mask provided to you.

Movie subtitles

Mrs Smart has a severe chest infection.
He's carrying the infection.
It sounds like a very bad infection.
Pretty mean cut. Infection set in later.
Secondary infection from the man who died.
He had an infection, a contagious disease.
And it wad from all hid blood and dirt that you got that infection.
If infection doesn't set in, he may pull through.
Since he's arrived, this town has a fever. An infection.
I think my thumb's got an infection, it keeps aching worse than a sore tooth.
The Hussite infection is gathering pace like a cancer over the whole kingdom.
Infection's set in and I can't seem to control it.
So far the infection isn't critical, but our drugs don't even touch it.
You might get an infection.
As it's expelled into the air through coughing and sneezing, it will trigger continuing infection.
Infection, you know. Well very often, the dye from the glove is extremely poisonous.
Naturally, against infection.
And there's still infection there.
And weakness is an infection that makes a man a follower instead of a leader.
A small respiratory infection, a slight concussion, but no subdural clot.
Unless you prefer infection.
PRESSURE NORMAL, RESPIRATION NORMAL, HEART ACTION NORMAL, NO INFECTION, THROAT CLEAR, NASAL PASSAGES CLEAR, EARS CLEAR.
If you don't let us clean out the infection you'll die, that's all.
Excuse me. This boy has a skin infection called impetigo.
If it keeps going down, we may have the infection checked.
It'll keep away any infection.
Burn, minor infection.
The infection might spread.
Infection's cleared up.
This indicates an infection.
It may be a stitch infection.
Malignant infection.
Me with a cold and you with an eye infection.
It's like an infection in here!
There's ad anger of infection because of lots of animals!
The infection is spreading.
He might have got an infection.
What if you get some infection or something?
That we've carried an infection from one age to another, or even one planet to another?
Well, that depends on the strength of the virus infection.

News and current affairs

There are steps that can and should be taken to attack or neutralize certain types of viruses or bacteria; to reduce vulnerability to infection; and to reduce the consequences of infection if, despite all of our efforts, we become ill.
And, in rare cases, the vaccine itself has failed and led to infection.
Well known, low-cost, and low-tech interventions do not reach those most in need - for example immunization against tetanus, exclusive breastfeeding, simple care for low-weight babies, and antibiotics for infection.
Without such a trial, the appearance of efficacy may be an illusion, because other factors would have led to a lower rate of infection anyway.
As Anna Vassall, Michelle Remme, and Charlotte Watts of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine pointed out, gender inequalities and domestic violence are both associated with a significant increase in risk of HIV infection.
In some cases, the host's immune system is even manipulated by one parasite in order to enhance the host's resistance to super-infection by rival, invading parasites.
An infection such as the coronavirus is currently countered with a vaccine tailored to block it.
But the very reason we have the luxury to ask such questions is that the spread of the infection was contained by exceedingly stringent measures.
Continued surveillance and infection control measures will be required to ensure that the accomplishments of the last few months are not undone by a few undetected cases that touch off new SARS hot spots.
Kits for rapid diagnosis of influenza infection already exist.
Wider vaccination will protect people from infection and block the spread of the virus.
But, while it is clear that the euro area will have solid and well-equipped quarantine wards should it once again be afflicted by financial contagion, a vaccine to prevent the infection would be far more effective.
Roughly 15 million people suffer from co-infection of HIV and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, the primary causative agent in most TB cases.
And, third, Greece, now the sickest man of Europe, must be treated in a way that does not spread the infection to the other countries on the eurozone's periphery.
These elements perform crucial functions, such as transporting oxygen, nutrients, and immunoglobulins (which defend against infection), and regulating water content, temperature, and pH level.
Unlike his two predecessors, Obama has had the courage to target the Israel-Palestine problem, the intractable seat of the infection, from the beginning of his presidency.
Finally, obesity can be the result of infection by an agent that makes us get fat.
In the case of pandemics, the key is to support countries where outbreaks occur and help those most at risk of infection.
On a similar scale, a vaccine to prevent human papilloma virus infection and cervical cancer was tested in almost 30,000 young women.
At stake is not only assistance, but Pakistan's own future, for, in the absence of genuine commitment to counter-terrorism, it is only a matter of time before the country falls victim to the infection that it refuses to treat.

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