infection
🇺🇸
/ɪnˈfekʃn/
🇬🇧
/ɪnˈfekʃn/
noun
B2
when germs get into your body and make you sick
Washing hands helps prevent infection.
B2
a sickness caused by germs in one part of the body
The doctor treated the skin infection with medicine.
translation
when germs get into your body and make you sick; a sickness caused by germs in one part of the body
Word Forms
Plural
infections