Noun
The act or process of infecting.
That which infects, or causes the communicated disease; any effluvium, miasm, or pestilential matter by which an infectious disease is caused.
The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles.
Contamination by illegality, as in cases of contraband goods; implication.
Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
Source: Webster's dictionaryCommunism has established centres of infection... No area in the world is as vital to American security as the Caribbean...We need a massive injection of money to reset the country on its feet, and this injection can come only from our great, capable friend and neighbor the United States. François Duvalier
Due process is a growth too sturdy to succumb to the infection of the least ingredient of error. Benjamin N. Cardozo
I sing and play the guitar, and I'm a walking, talking bacterial infection. Kurt Cobain
Thought is an infection. In the case of certain thoughts, it becomes an epidemic. Wallace Stevens
HIV infection and AIDS is growing - but so too is public apathy. We have already lost too many friends and colleagues. David Geffen
My proposal now is to test a vaccine first on people who have been infected, and if you show some efficacy at this level, you might be able to go further to study uninfected people in a population with a high rate of infection. Luc Montagnier