Infection: molysmophobia.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Infection: Invasion and multiplication of germs in the body. Infections can occur in any part of the body and can spread throughout the body. The germs may be bacteria, viruses, yeast, or fungi. They can cause a fever and other problems, depending on where the infection occurs. When the body’s natural defense system is strong, it can often fight the germs and prevent infection. Some cancer treatments can weaken the natural defense system.
Source: National Institute of Health
Infection: the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms.
Source: WordNet 2.1
Infection: invasion and growth of microorganisms in body tissues, which may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury; a local infection may persist and spread by extension to become an acute, subacute, or chronic clinical infection or disease state or it may become systemic when the microorganisms gain access to the lymphatic or vascular system; does not always lead to injury of the host even if the pathogen is potentially virulent.
Source: Diseases Database
Infection: invasion and growth of microorganisms in body tissues, which may be clinically inapparent or result in local cellular injury; a local infection may persist and spread by extension to become an acute, subacute, or chronic clinical infection or disease state or it may become systemic when the microorganisms gain access to the lymphatic or vascular system; does not always lead to injury of the host even if the pathogen is potentially virulent.
Source: CRISP
Infection: Invasion of the host organism by microorganisms that can cause pathological conditions or diseases.
Source: MeSH 2007
Infection (symptom): Infections as a symptom.
Infection (symptom): See Infection (symptom information).
Source: Diseases Database
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - CRISP
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source - CRISP
Source - WordNet 2.1
Source: CRISP
Source: CRISP
The following list attempts to classify Infection into categories where each line is subset of the next.
Source: WordNet 2.1
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