S: (n) opportunistic infection (any infection caused by a microorganism that does not normally cause disease in humans; occurs in persons with abnormally functioning immune systems (as AIDS patients or transplant patients receiving immunosuppressive drugs))
S: (n) aspergillosis (an opportunistic infection by a fungus of the genus Aspergillus; characterized by inflammation and lesions of the ear and other organs)
S: (n) paronychia (infection in the tissues adjacent to a nail on a finger or toe)
S: (n) malaria (an infective disease caused by sporozoan parasites that are transmitted through the bite of an infected Anopheles mosquito; marked by paroxysms of chills and fever)
S: (n) blackwater fever (severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine)
S: (n) amebic dysentery, amoebic dysentery (inflammation of the intestines caused by Endamoeba histolytica; usually acquired by ingesting food or water contaminated with feces; characterized by severe diarrhea)
S: (n) giardiasis (infection of the intestines with protozoa found in contaminated food and water; characterized by diarrhea and nausea and flatulence and abdominal discomfort)
S: (n) scabies, itch (a contagious skin infection caused by the itch mite; characterized by persistent itching and skin irritation) "he has a bad case of the itch"
S: (n) schistosomiasis, bilharzia, bilharziasis (an infestation with or a resulting infection caused by a parasite of the genus Schistosoma; common in the tropics and Far East; symptoms depend on the part of the body infected)
S: (n) sepsis (the presence of pus-forming bacteria or their toxins in the blood or tissues)
S: (n) puerperal fever, childbed fever (serious form of septicemia contracted by a woman during childbirth or abortion (usually attributable to unsanitary conditions); formerly widespread but now uncommon)
S: (n) pyemia, pyaemia (septicemia caused by pus-forming bacteria being released from an abscess)
S: (n) toxemia, toxaemia (blood poisoning caused by bacterial toxic substances in the blood)
S: (n) fowl cholera (an acute diarrheal disease (especially of chickens) caused by the microorganism that causes hemorrhagic septicemia)
S: (n) shipping fever, shipping pneumonia (a deadly form of septicemia in cattle and sheep; involves high fever and pneumonia; contracted under conditions of exposure or exhaustion (as often happens when the animals are shipped to market))
S: (n) sapremia, sapraemia (blood poisoning caused by putrefactive bacteria; results from eating putrefied matter)
S: (n) tapeworm infection (intestinal infection by a species of parasitic tapeworm; usually the result of eating inadequately cooked meat or fish)
S: (n) tetanus, lockjaw (an acute and serious infection of the central nervous system caused by bacterial infection of open wounds; spasms of the jaw and laryngeal muscles may occur during the late stages)
S: (n) toxoplasmosis (infection caused by parasites transmitted to humans from infected cats; if contracted by a pregnant woman it can result in serious damage to the fetus)
S: (n) Ebola hemorrhagic fever, Ebola fever, Ebola (a severe and often fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys and chimpanzees) caused by the Ebola virus; characterized by high fever and severe internal bleeding; can be spread from person to person; is largely limited to Africa)
S: (n) Lassa fever (an acute contagious viral disease of central western Africa; characterized by fever and inflammation and muscular pains and difficulty swallowing; can be used as a bioweapon)
S: (n) herpangia (a viral infection (usually in children) marked by sore throat and fever and papules in the mouth and throat and headache and abdominal pain; usually subsides in a short time)
S: (n) HIV (infection by the human immunodeficiency virus)
S: (n) progressive vaccinia, vaccinia gangrenosa (a severe or even fatal form of vaccinia that occurs mainly in persons with an immunological deficiency; characterized by progressive enlargement of the initial lesion)
S: (n) infection ((phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound)
S: (n) infection ((medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease)
S: (n) contagion, infection (the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people) "a contagion of mirth"; "the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry"
S: (n) infection (moral corruption or contamination) "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"
S: (n) infection ((international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure)