in·fec·tion
n 1 : an infective agent or material contaminated with an infective agent 2 a : the state produced by the establishment of an infective agent in or on a suitable host b : a disease resulting from infection : INFECTIOUS DISEASE 3 : an act or process of infecting <syphilis is chiefly venereal> : also : the establishment of a pathogen in its host after invasion .
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