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感染 — meaning in English

kansen

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English meaning

  • infect verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
  • infection noun An illness caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other germs entering the body.
  • plague noun A deadly, fast-spreading disease, especially historically the bubonic plague.

Senses

感染 is used for these senses in English:

  • infect (transitive) To bring (the body or part of it) into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen), so that the pathogen begins to act on the body; (of a pathogen) to come into contact with (a body or body part) and begin to act on it.
  • infection (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
  • infection An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
  • plague (transitive) To afflict with a disease or other calamity.

infect — full definition

  1. verb To pass a disease-causing germ or virus into a person, animal, or plant.
  2. verb To spread a feeling or attitude to other people.

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