infection

English

Etymology

FromOld Frenchinfection,fromLate Latinīnfectiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

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• Rhymes:-ɛkʃən

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Noun

infection(countableanduncountable,pluralinfections)

1. (pathology)The act or process ofinfecting.
2. An uncontrolled growth of harmfulmicroorganismsin ahost.
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     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…].But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting andinfection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.

3. A disease caused by a pathogen.
4. A visible sign of such a disease, such as thesuppurationof a wound.

Hyponyms

• See:List of infectious diseases;Category:Infectious diseases

Derived terms

• agroinfection
• antiinfection
• anti-infection
• autoinfection
• bladder infection
• coinfection
• cross-infection
• disinfection
• hydrofection
• hyperinfection
• infectiology
• infectional
• infectionism
• infectionist
• lytic infection
• microinfection
• monoinfection
• neuroinfection
• noninfection
• opportunistic infection
• parainfection
• postinfection
• preinfection
• pseudoinfection
• reinfection
• retroinfection
• secondary infection
• self-infection
• sexually transmitted infection
• spinfection
• spurious infection
• subinfection
• superinfection
• suprainfection
• toxicoinfection
• transfection
• transinfection
• urinary tract infection
• urinary-tract infection
• Vincent's infection
• xenoinfection
• yeast infection

Related terms

• infect,infected,infectable,infectious disease,infection prevention and control(infection control),infective

Translations

the process of infecting

• Afrikaans:infekteer
• Albanian:infektim(sq)m,infeksion(sq)m
• Arabic:عَدَوَى(ʕadawā)
• Armenian:վարակում(hy)(varakum)
• Azerbaijani:infeksiya,yoluxma,yoluxdurma,sirayət
• Belarusian:інфе́кцыяf(infjékcyja),інфэ́кцыяf(infékcyja),заражэ́ннеn(zaražénnje)
• Bulgarian:заразя́ване(bg)f(zarazjávane),инфе́кция(bg)f(infékcija)
• Catalan:infecció(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Truyện nhiễm／Truyện nhiễm(cyun⁴jim⁵)

  Mandarin:Truyện nhiễm／Truyện nhiễm(zh)(chuánrǎn)

• Czech:infekce(cs)f,nákaza(cs)f
• Danish:infektionc
• Dutch:infectie(nl)f,infecteringf
• Estonian:infektsioon
• Finnish:tarttuminen(fi)
• French:infection(fr)f
• Galician:infección(gl)f
• Georgian:ინფექცია(inpekcia),ინფიცირება(inpicireba),დასნებოვნება(dasnebovneba),დასენიანება(dasenianeba)
• German:Ansteckung(de)f,Infektion(de)f
• Hebrew:זיהום / זִהוּם(he)m(zihum)
• Hungarian:fertőzés(hu),megfertőzés(hu)
• Icelandic:sýking(is)f,smitunf
• Indonesian:infeksi(id)
• Interlingua:infectionf
• Irish:galrúm
• Italian:infezione(it)
• Japanese:Vân nhiễm(ja)(でんせん, densen)
• Kazakh:жұқпа(jūqpa),инфекция(infeksiä),жұқтыру(jūqtyru)
• Korean:감염( cảm nhiễm )(ko)(gamyeom),전염( truyện nhiễm )(ko)(jeonyeom)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:tûşbûn(ku)

• Kyrgyz:инфекция(ky)(infektsiya)
• Latvian:infekcijaf
• Lithuanian:užkrėtimasm,infekcija(lt)f
• Macedonian:инфекцијаf(infekcija),заразаf(zaraza)
• Malay:jangkitan(ms)
• Maori:whakapokenga
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:infeksjon(no)m

• Occitan:infeccion(oc)f
• Persian:عُفونَت(fa)('ofunat),پوسیدن(fa)(pūsidan)(classic),گندگی(fa)sg(gandagi),پوده(fa)sg(pūde)(archaic)
• Polish:infekcja(pl)f,zakażenie(pl)n
• Portuguese:infecção(pt)f,infeccionamentom
• Romanian:infectare(ro)f
• Russian:инфе́кция(ru)f(infékcija),зараже́ние(ru)n(zaražénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:за̑разаf,заражењеn

  Roman:zȃraza(sh)f,zaraženjen

• Slovak:infekciaf,nákazaf
• Slovene:okuženjen,infekcijaf
• Spanish:infección(es),infición(es)f
• Swedish:infektion(sv)c
• Tagalog:hawa
• Tajik:инфектсия(infektsiya),гирифтор(giriftor),уфунат(ufunat)
• Thai:การติดเชื้อ(th)(gaan-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)
• Turkish:enfeksiyon(tr)
• Ukrainian:інфе́кціяf(infékcija),зараже́нняn(zaražénnja),закаже́нняn(zakažénnja)
• Uzbek:infeksiya(uz)
• Vietnamese:sự nhiễm trùng(vi)(Sự nhiễm trùng),sự lây nhiễm(Sự lai nhiễm)

uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host

• Afrikaans:infeksie
• Albanian:infeksion(sq)m
• Arabic:عَدْوَى(ʕadwā)
• Armenian:ինֆեկցիա(hy)(infekcʻia),վարակ(hy)(varak)
• Aymara:añata
• Azerbaijani:infeksiya
• Basque:infekzio
• Belarusian:інфе́кцыяf(infjékcyja),інфэ́кцыяf(infékcyja),зара́заf(zaráza)
• Bengali:সংক্রমণ(bn)(śoṅkromon)
• Bulgarian:инфе́кция(bg)f(infékcija),зара́за(bg)f(zaráza)
• Catalan:infecció(ca)f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Cảm nhiễm(gam²jim⁵)

  Mandarin:Cảm nhiễm(zh)(gǎnrǎn)

• Czech:infekce(cs)f,nákaza(cs)f
• Danish:infektionc
• Dutch:infectie(nl)f
• Esperanto:infekto
• Estonian:nakkus,infektsioon
• Finnish:tartunta(fi),infektio(fi)
• French:infection(fr)f
• Galician:infección(gl)f
• Georgian:ინფექცია(inpekcia),ინფექციური დაავადება(inpekciuri daavadeba)
• German:Infektion(de)f
• Greek:λοίμωξη(el)f(loímoxi),μόλυνση(el)f(mólynsi)
• Hebrew:זיהום / זִהוּם(he)m(zihum),נֶגַע(he)m(néga')
• Hindi:संक्रमण(hi)m(saṅkramaṇ)
• Hungarian:fertőzés(hu),fertőződés(hu),megfertőződés
• Icelandic:sýking(is)f
• Irish:galar(ga)m
• Italian:infezione(it)f
• Japanese:Cảm nhiễm(ja)(かんせん, kansen)
• Kazakh:инфекция(infeksiä),жұқпа(jūqpa)
• Khmer:ដំបៅក្លាយ(dɑmbaw klaay)
• Korean:감염( cảm nhiễm )(ko)(gamyeom)
• Kyrgyz:инфекция(ky)(infektsiya)
• Lao:ການຕິດແປດພະຍາດ(kān tit pǣt pha nyāt),ພິດ(phit),ຝີ(fī),ການຕິດເຊື້ອ(kān tit sư̄a)
• Latin:infectiof
• Latvian:infekcijaf
• Lithuanian:infekcija(lt)f
• Macedonian:инфекцијаf(infekcija),заразаf(zaraza)
• Maori:pokenga
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:халдвар(mn)(xaldvar)

• Navajo:iiʼnótʼį́į́,iʼniiyą́ą́ʼ
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:infeksjon(no)m

• Occitan:infeccion(oc)f
• Odia:please add this translation if you can
• Persian:عُفونَت(fa)('ofunat)
• Plautdietsch:Aunstekjunkf
• Polish:zakażenie(pl)n
• Portuguese:infecção(pt)f
• Punjabi:please add this translation if you can
• Romanian:infecție(ro)f
• Russian:инфе́кция(ru)f(infékcija),зара́за(ru)f(zaráza)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:инфѐкцијаf,за̑разаf,заражењеn

  Roman:infèkcija(sh)f,zȃraza(sh)f,zaraženjen

• Slovak:infekciaf,nákazaf
• Slovene:okužba(sl)f,infekcijaf
• Spanish:infección(es)f,infición(es)f
• Swedish:infektion(sv)c
• Tagalog:hawa,pagkakahawa
• Tajik:инфектсия(infektsiya),уфунат(ufunat)
• Thai:การติดเชื้อ(th)(gaan-dtìt-chʉ́ʉa)
• Tibetan:please add this translation if you can
• Turkish:enfeksiyon(tr)
• Ukrainian:інфе́кціяf(infékcija),зара́заf(zaráza)
• Uzbek:infeksiya(uz)
• Vietnamese:sự nhiễm trùng(vi)(Sự nhiễm trùng),sự lây nhiễm(Sự lai nhiễm)
• Welsh:heintiadm
• Yiddish:אינפֿעקציעf(infektsye)

disease

• Afrikaans:infeksie
• Finnish:tartuntatauti(fi),tarttuvatauti
• Hungarian:fertőzés(hu),hurut(hu),ragály(hu)

visible sign

See also

• exfection

French

Etymology

FromOld Frenchinfection,fromLate Latinīnfectiōnem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ɛ̃.fɛk.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

infectionf(pluralinfections)

1. (pathology)infection
2. (informal)stench,stink

   Synonyms:puanteur,pestilence

Derived terms

• infectieux
• infectiologue

Descendants

• →Turkish:enfeksiyon

Further reading

• “infection”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Interlingua

Noun

infection(pluralinfectiones)

1. (pathology)The act or process ofinfecting.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed fromLatinīnfectiō.

Noun

infectionoblique singular,f(oblique pluralinfections,nominative singularinfection,nominative pluralinfections)

1. (countable)infection.
   • 1377,Bernard de Gordon,Fleur de lis de medecine (a.k.a. lilium medicine),page172of this essay:

     lainfectionva tantost par tout le corps

     the infection travels around the whole body