infection
noun[CorU]
uk/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/us/ɪnˈfek.ʃən/infectionnoun[C or U](DISEASE)
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aconditionin whichbacteriaorvirusesthatcausediseasehaveenteredthebody:
aseriousinfection严重的感染
athroatinfection咽喉感染
Bandage thewoundtoreducetheriskofinfection.包扎伤口以减少感染的危险。
- Thebreathingproblemhas now beencomplicatedby achestinfection.
- Whitebloodcellshelpdefendthebodyagainst infection.
- He's onantibioticsfor anearinfection.
- Theytestedherbloodforsignsof the infection.
- If the infection is notcheckedit willprobablyspreadto theupperbody.
Bacteria, moulds, germs & viruses
- adenovirus
- aerobe
- amoebic
- anti-HIV
- antimicrobial
- bacterium
- germicidal
- germophobe
- hen of the woods
- incubation
- incubation period
- mildew
- MRSA
- shitake mushroom
- spike protein
- staph
- staphylococcus
- strep
- streptococcal
- streptococcus
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Passing on illness & causing disease
infectionnoun[C or U](COMPUTERS)
anactofpassingharmfulprogramsinto acomputerorfile, or theharmfulprogramsthemselves:
感染(计算机病毒)You only have toopenanattachmenttopassthe infection fromcomputertocomputer.你只要打开邮件附件就能感染计算机。
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- garbage collector
- installer
- planner
- routine
- software package
- spellchecker
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically
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Computer concepts