{
    "term": "infection",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act or process of causing or getting a disease",
            "sensetop": "infection by somethinginfection with something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "to **cause/prevent infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Vaccination is essential to protect people exposed to hepatitis B infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drugs slow down the progression of **HIV infection**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**Bacterial infection** of the wound may occur."
                },
                {
                    "text": "to increase the **risk of infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The rate of infection is highest in the north-west of the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Birds are susceptible to infection by the virus.",
                    "contextForm": "infection by something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Infection with malaria parasites may result in a wide variety of symptoms.",
                    "contextForm": "infection with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Taking vitamin C builds up your resistance to infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The urethra was the primary site of infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The virus affects the body's immune system so that it cannot fight infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are trying to trace the source of infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "infection from sewage water"
                },
                {
                    "text": "infection of people by the virus"
                },
                {
                    "text": "infection through unsafe sex"
                },
                {
                    "text": "infection with bacteria"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to protect the body from infection"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The primary medical danger of rubella is the infection of pregnant women."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nasty", "serious", "severe"],
                "verb + infection": ["have", "suffer", "suffer from"],
                "infection + verb": ["develop", "occur", "spread"],
                "preposition": ["in infection", "infection from", "infection through"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a cause of infection",
                    "the onset of infection",
                    "resistance to infection"
                ]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "an illness that is caused by bacteria or a virus and that affects one part of the body",
            "sensetop": "infection of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**an ear/a chest infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **respiratory infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **viral/bacterial infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a media campaign to raise awareness about **sexually transmitted infections**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to **cause an infection**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Sneezing is the most common way of spreading an infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a fungal infection of the skin",
                    "contextForm": "infection of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's been off work with a throat infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an infection that occurs in swans"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They want to prevent the infection spreading to other parts of the body."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The infection is passed on through the horse feed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The drug must be taken from the onset of the infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Almost all the sheep on the farm carried the infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Goats appear to be more susceptible to the infection than sheep."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's suffering from an acute infection of the lower respiratory tract."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's suffering from an acute lung infection."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Heavy lung infections may result in pneumonia."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If the primary infection is not treated further outbreaks may occur."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In acute infections of the urinary tract the patient may suffer severe pain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Normally, white blood cells fight off and kill infections."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Over 90% of all new infections occur in the developing world."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She's always getting chest infections."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Health problems"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["nasty", "serious", "severe"],
                "verb + infection": ["have", "suffer", "suffer from"],
                "infection + verb": ["develop", "occur", "spread"],
                "preposition": ["in infection", "infection from", "infection through"],
                "phrases": [
                    "a cause of infection",
                    "the onset of infection",
                    "resistance to infection"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekʃn/",
                "audio": "in/infection/infection__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ɪnˈfekʃn/",
                "audio": "in/infection/infection__us_3.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from late Latin infectio(n-), from Latin inficere ‘dip in, taint’, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’."
}