infection

Definition

Examples

Washing your hands often helps prevent the spread of infection.

Word Family

Synonyms

• contaminationthe state of being contaminated
• inflammationa response of body tissues to injury or irritation; characterized by pain and swelling and redness and heat

Collocations

• Easy skin infection
  to skin infection, meaning to climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling
• Medium prevent bacterial infection in food
  to prevent bacterial infection in food, meaning to keep from happening or arising; make impossible
• Hard hospital-acquired infection protocols
  a collocation phrase: hospital-acquired infection protocols
• Very Hard root out malware infection on servers
  to root out malware infection on servers, meaning to take root and begin to grow