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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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