Infection: alternatives and connections

The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

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The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putref…

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The quality of being corrupt.

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The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

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Falling or striking upon, as a ray of light upon a reflecting surface.

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A person who has committed a felony.

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A small tumor upon the eyelid, resembling a grain of barley; a sty.

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To have an uneasy sensation in the skin, which inclines the person to scratch the part affected.

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A contraction of the muscles of the jaw by which its motion is suspended; a variety of tetanus.

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A whitlow, or felon.

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The itch.

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The poisoning of the system by the introduction of putrescent material into the blood.

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Reddish brown; sorrel.

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A pen or inclosure for swine.

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See Sty, a boil.

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A painful and usually fatal disease, resulting generally from a wound, and having as its principal symptom persistent spasm of the voluntary muscles.…

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Vaccinia.

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Cowpox; vaccina. See Cowpox.

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An inflammation of the fingers or toes, generally of the last phalanx, terminating usually in suppuration. The inflammation may occupy any seat betwe…

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A fermentation; hence, an analogous process by which an infectious disease is believed to be developed.

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Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

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Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

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Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Infected. Cf. Enfect.

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Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectio…

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A sitting on eggs for the purpose of hatching young; a brooding on, or keeping warm, (eggs) to develop the life within, by any process.

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The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact.

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The act of transmitting, or the state of being transmitted; as, the transmission of letters, writings, papers, news, and the like, from one country t…

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