infection (noun)
41urinary tract infection — noun any infection of any of the organs of the urinary tract • Hypernyms: ↑inflammatory disease • Hyponyms: ↑cystitis, ↑pyelonephritis, ↑urethritis * * * infection of any part of the urinary tract, esp. the urethra or bladder, usually caused by a …
42focal infection — noun Date: circa 1923 a persistent bacterial infection of some organ or region; especially one causing symptoms elsewhere in the body …
43opportunistic infection — noun any infection that causes disease and occurs only when the hosts immune system is impaired …
44yeast infection — noun Any infection by a fungus of the genus Candida; candidiasis …
45lytic infection — noun the infection of a bacterium by a bacteriophage with subsequent production of more phage particles, and lysis of the cell …
46cross-infection — noun the transfer of infection, especially to a hospital patient or between different species of animal or plant …
47case-to-infection proportion — noun the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease • Syn: ↑case to infection ratio • Hypernyms: ↑proportion …
48case-to-infection ratio — noun the number of cases of a disease divided by the number of infections with the agent that causes the disease • Syn: ↑case to infection proportion • Hypernyms: ↑proportion …
49locus of infection — noun the specific site in the body where an infection originates • Hypernyms: ↑site, ↑situation …
50venereal infection — noun a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact • Syn: ↑venereal disease, ↑VD, ↑social disease, ↑Cupid s itch, ↑Cupid s disease, ↑Venus s curse, ↑dose, ↑sexually transmitted dis …
