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Pathogene :: Pathogene (n.) One of a class of virulent microorganisms or bacteria found in the tissues and fluids in infectious diseases, and supposed to be the cause of the disease; a pathogenic organism; a pathogenic bacterium; -- opposed to zymogene..

Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..

Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..

Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

Syphilitic :: Syphilis (n.) The pox, or venereal disease; a chronic, specific, infectious disease, usually communicated by sexual intercourse or by hereditary transmission, and occurring in three stages known as primary, secondary, and tertiary syphilis. See under Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary..

Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

Impest :: Impest (v. t.) To affict with pestilence; to infect, as with plague..

Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..

Pestiduct :: Pestiduct (n.) That which conveys contagion or infection.

Touch :: Touch (v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.

Reinfectious :: Reinfectious (a.) Capable of reinfecting.

Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.

Infection :: Infection (n.) That which taints or corrupts morally; as, the infection of vicious principles..

Poison :: Poison (n.) To put poison upon or into; to infect with poison; as, to poison an arrow; to poison food or drink..

Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.

Malaria :: Malaria (n.) Air infected with some noxious substance capable of engendering disease; esp., an unhealthy exhalation from certain soils, as marshy or wet lands, producing fevers; miasma..

Fomes :: Fomes (n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites..

Itchy :: Itchy (a.) Infected with the itch, or with an itching sensation..

Disinfecting :: Disinfecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Disinfec.

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