Infection Synonyms and Antonyms

ĭn-fĕkshən
The spread of a disease
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. contamination
  2. contagion
  3. pollution
  4. contagiousness
  5. communicability
  6. contagiosity
  7. epidemic
  8. corruption
  9. defilement
  10. disease
  11. poisoning
  12. illness
  13. infectivity
  14. malady
  15. pathology
  16. plague
  17. septicity
  18. vitiation
  19. zymosis
Disease
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. virus
  2. plague
  3. contagion
  4. germs
  5. transmission
Antonyms:
  1. sterility
  2. sanitation

Words Related to Infection

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. infectious disease opportunistic infection
  2. germ
  3. tuberculosis
  4. pneumonia
  5. worm
  6. mrsa
  7. malaria
  8. meningitis
  9. gastroenteritis
  10. infections
  11. reinfection
  12. secondary-infection
  13. inflammation
  14. infectious disease
  15. conjunctivitis
  16. endocarditis

Infection Sentence Examples

  • The x-rays were conclusive and indicated a bad infection in the lower lobe of one lung.

  • You might have an infection.

  • They did another x-ray this morning and the infection has spread to the other lung.

  • Thus true hereditary infection of a succeeding generation of gnats may be brought about.

  • In other cases the infection of the first host is brought about by the ingestion FIG.

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