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語源

From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect +‎ -ion.

発音

• IPA: /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/
• 韻: -ɛkʃən

名詞

infection (countable and uncountable, plural infections)

1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.

   Coordinate term: colonization (subclinical or commensal)

2. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.

   Coordinate term: colonization (subclinical or commensal)

   • 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist‎, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

     An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic […] real kidneys […] . But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time.

3. A disease caused by such presence of a pathogen.

   Synonym: infectious disease

   Coordinate term: colonization (subclinical or commensal)

   • 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin‎, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:

     As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.

   • 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader‎:

     And researchers at the National Institutes of Health report finding candidalike fungus infections in the blood of AIDS victims.

   • 2015 August 29, “Different Blood Cell-Derived Transcriptome Signatures in Cows Exposed to Vaccination Pre- or Postpartum”, in PLOS ONE‎, →DOI:

     It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]

4. A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.

下位語

• See: List of infectious diseases; Category:Infectious diseases

派生語

関連する語

• infect, infected, infectable, infectious disease, infection prevention and control (infection control), infective

参考

• exfection