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infections

  • plural
    of infection.
    infection
    noun
    an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected.

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As they continue, wounds can become deeper and larger, increasing the risk of secondary infections.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Nor has any published research addressed the connection between recent ectopic pregnancy death rates and untreated infections like gonorrhea and chlamydia, which increased substantially during the first years of the pandemic before declining again.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

Officials say at the peak of the outbreak, before the recall, more than 1,000 infections occurred in a single day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026

Pharmacists can already prescribe medication for seven conditions - sore throat, earache, sinusitis, shingles, impetigo, infected bites and urinary tract infections.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

It will take nearly a century for science to develop the first "antibiotic," penicillin, to counter infections.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman