Infection

·noun The act or process of infecting.

II. Infection ·noun Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

III. Infection ·noun Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.

IV. Infection ·noun That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.

V. Infection ·noun The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

VI. Infection ·noun That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.