different between infirmity vs infection

infirmity

English

Noun

infirmity (countable and uncountable, plural infirmities)

  1. feebleness, frailty or ailment, especially due to old age.
  2. a moral weakness or defect

Related terms

  • infirm (adjective)

Translations

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infection

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.

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  • what infections can be found in stool
  • what infections does amoxicillin treat
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