| AFFECTION | • affection n. The act of affecting or acting upon. • affection n. The state of being affected, especially: a change in, or alteration of, the emotional state of a person… • affection n. An attribute; a quality or property; a condition. |
| DEFECTION | • defection n. An act or incidence of defecting. • DEFECTION n. a failure to carry out a duty. |
| INFECTION | • infection n. (Pathology) The act or process of infecting. • infection n. An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host. • infection n. A disease caused by a pathogen. |
| REFECTION | • refection n. Mental or spiritual refreshment. • refection n. Physical refreshment, especially with food or drink. • refection n. A meal, especially a light meal. |
| CONFECTION | • confection n. A food item prepared very sweet, frequently decorated in fine detail, and often preserved with sugar… • confection n. The act or process of confecting; the process of making, compounding, or preparing something. • confection n. The result of such a process; something made up or confected; a concoction. |
| PERFECTION | • perfection n. The quality or state of being perfect or complete, so that nothing substandard remains; the highest… • perfection n. A quality, endowment, or acquirement completely excellent; an ideal; faultlessness; especially, the… • perfection v. (Now uncommon and nonstandard, transitive) To perfect. |
| COINFECTION | • coinfection n. Simultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria;… |
| REINFECTION | • reinfection n. Another infection, another instance of being infected. • REINFECTION n. infection following recovery from or superimposed on infection of the same type. |
| DISAFFECTION | • disaffection n. Discontent; unrest. • disaffection n. Alienation; loss of loyalty. • DISAFFECTION n. the state of being disaffected. |
| DISINFECTION | • disinfection n. Treatment with disinfectant materials in order to destroy harmful microorganisms. • DISINFECTION n. the act of disinfecting. |
| IMPERFECTION | • imperfection n. (Uncountable) Those qualities or features that are imperfect; the characteristic, state, or quality… • imperfection n. (Countable) Something that makes something else less than perfect; a blemish, impurity, error, etc. • IMPERFECTION n. the state of being imperfect. |
| TRANSFECTION | • transfection n. (Molecular biology) The introduction of foreign genetic material (such as DNA or RNA) into a eukaryotic cell. • TRANSFECTION n. the infection of a cell with pure viral nucleic acid. |
| UNPERFECTION | • unperfection n. (Obsolete or nonstandard) Want of perfection; imperfection. • UNPERFECTION n. (obsolete) imperfection. |
| AUTOINFECTION | • autoinfection n. The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete… • AUTOINFECTION n. reinfection with larvae produced by parasitic worms already in the body. |
| POSTINFECTION | • postinfection adj. (Medicine) Occurring after an infection. • postinfection adv. (Medicine) After an infection. • postinfection n. (Medicine) An infection that arises after a medical procedure. |
| SUPERINFECTION | • superinfection n. An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process. • SUPERINFECTION n. an infection arising during and in addition to another infection and caused by a different (or a different variety of the same) microorganism. |