English language

How to pronounce infections in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms contagion, transmission
Type of incident
Derivation infect
Type Words
Synonyms contagion
Type of communication
Derivation infect, infectious


the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry.
Type Words
Type of illegality
Type Words
Type of pathologic process, pathological process
Has types zymosis
Derivation infectious, infect
Type Words
Type of corruptness, corruption


ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable.
Type Words
Type of linguistic process
Type Words
Type of unhealthiness, ill health, health problem
Has types schistosomiasis, sepsis, septic sore throat, sore, staphylococcal infection, strep throat, streptococcal sore throat, streptococcus tonsilitis, sty, stye, superinfection, suprainfection, tapeworm infection, tetanus, throat infection, toxoplasmosis, vaccina, bilharzia, variola vaccina, variola vaccine, variola vaccinia, viral infection, virus infection, whitlow, vaccinia, bilharziasis, cross infection, enterobiasis, eye infection, felon, focal infection, hordeolum, itch, lockjaw, nonsocial infection, opportunistic infection, paronychia, protozoal infection, respiratory infection, respiratory tract infection, scabies
Derivation infectious, infect

Examples of infections

infections
That's because many of the infections they prevent are deadliest during infancy.
From the kentucky.com
Since I switched to raw food, they don't have ear infections or skin infections.
From the timesunion.com
Doctors already routinely use CSF to diagnose infections and multiple sclerosis.
From the latimes.com
At least 1 million Pakistanis have crippling diarrhea or respiratory infections.
From the cnn.com
Waiting times are longer, budgets cut harder and C-Dif infections twice as high.
From the telegraph.co.uk
The infections were confirmed by genetic analysis of viruses from both partners.
From the sciencedaily.com
Inspire makes Azasite, an antibiotic eye solution to fight bacterial infections.
From the delawareonline.com
Firstly, most hospital-acquired infections are extremely minor, and pretty rare.
From the guardian.co.uk
More than 12,000 Californians die each year of infections acquired at hospitals.
From the sacbee.com
More examples
  • The pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  • (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
  • 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"
  • Moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
  • (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
  • An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign parasite species. Infecting organisms seeks to utilize the host's resources to multiply, usually at the expense of the host. ...
  • Infection (Infekcija) is a 2003 Croatian film directed by Krsto Papiu0107. It is a remake of The Rat Savior, Papiu0107's 1976 film.
  • The fifth season of the military science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis commenced airing on the Sci Fi Channel in the United States on July 11, 2008, concluded on the same channel on January 9, 2009, and contained 20 episodes. ...