How do you use the word "infection" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "infection": The puncture wound was very deep and had to be examined for infection. You have a gum infection.

Infection Meaning

/ɪnˈfɛkʃən/

Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounThe act or process of infecting.

nounAn uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.

Sentence Examples

The puncture wound was very deep and had to be examined for infection.

You have a gum infection.

Good hygiene helps to minimize the risk of infection.

CEFR Practice Quiz

The bacterial ____ spread quickly through the hospital, infecting many patients and staff.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He was given a strong dose of antibiotics to fight off the bacterial ____ in his left lung.

Word Origin & History

From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect + -ion.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"An artificial kidney these days still means a refrigerator-sized dialysis machine. Such devices mimic[…]real kidneys[…]. But they are nothing like as efficient, and can cause bleeding, clotting and infection—not to mention inconvenience for patients, who typically need to be hooked up to one three times a week for hours at a time." — 2013 June 1, “A better waterworks”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8838, page 5 (Technology Quarterly):

"As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years." — 1944, Cedric C. Carpenter, “Failure of penicillin to prevent syphilis”, in United States Naval Medical Bulletin, volume 43, number 2, pages 389–390:

"And researchers at the National Institutes of Health report finding candidalike fungus infections in the blood of AIDS victims." — 1988 January 22, Robert McClory, “The Yeast of Our Problems”, in Chicago Reader:

"It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]" — 2015 August 29, “Different Blood Cell-Derived Transcriptome Signatures in Cows Exposed to Vaccination Pre- or Postpartum”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:

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