infections

NOUN

contamination

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bug disease epidemic flu pollution virus

STRONG

contagion corruption defilement germs impurity poison

WEAK

communicability contagiousness insanitation septicity what's going around

Antonyms

WEAK

sanitation sterility

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infections

So far in September, more than 1,400 people in the regency have been treated or hospitalised for acute respiratory infections, said Iwansyah, who like many Indonesians has one name.

From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026

Between July and August, Indonesia's Health Ministry recorded over 50,000 cases of respiratory infections linked to land and forest fires.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Diabetes, viral infections and nerve compression are among the conditions that can lead to this type of pain.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 27, 2026

Macrolides are a group of antibiotics that includes drugs used to treat a range of bacterial infections.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 24, 2026

But he was also the frailest, and when colds or flu or virus infections came around he was the first to catch them and the slowest to recover.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien