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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
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An infection is the detrimental colonization of a host organism by a foreign species. An infection is, in effect, a war in which the infecting organism seeks to utilize the host's resources in order to multiply at the expense of the host. The infecting organism, or pathogen, interferes with the normal functioning and perhaps the survival of the host. ...
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can be defined as the invasion of a living organism, the host, by another living organism, the agent.
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The invasion and replication of microorganisms in tissues of the body; generally causes disease or local inflammation.
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