different between infection vs anaplasmosis

English

Etymology

From Old French infection, from Vulgar Latin *infecti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?f?k??n/
• Rhymes: -?k??n

Noun

infection (countable and uncountable, plural infections)

1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
2. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
3. A disease caused by a pathogen.
4. A visible sign of such a disease, such as the suppuration of a wound.

Derived terms

• spurious infection

Related terms

• infect
• infected
• infectable
• infective

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French infection, from Late Latin infecti?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.f?k.sj??/

Noun

infection f (plural infections)

1. (pathology) infection
2. (informal) stench, stink

   Synonyms: puanteur, pestilence

Derived terms

• infectieux

Descendants

• ? Turkish: enfeksiyon

References

• “infection” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Interlingua

Noun

infection (plural infectiones)

1. (pathology) The act or process of infecting.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin *infecti?.

Noun

infection f (oblique plural infections, nominative singular infection, nominative plural infections)

1. (countable) infection.

English

Etymology

Anaplasma +? -osis

Noun

anaplasmosis (countable and uncountable, plural anaplasmoses)

1. A disease of ruminants and sometimes humans caused by infection with Anaplasma bacteria, normally transmitted by hard ticks.

Synonyms

• gallsickness

Translations