Doctors prescribed antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection that had spread to the patient's lungs.
医生开了抗生素来治疗已扩散到患者肺部的细菌感染。
- Post-surgical infection rates dropped from 4.2% to 1.8% within a year of the checklist's introduction.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
- Researchers found the largest infection-rate improvement occurred in operating rooms that had previously reported the highest infection rates.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “infection”?
C — Invasion of the body by germs. “infection” means invasion of the body by germs.
Which word means “invasion of the body by germs”?
B — infection. “infection” means invasion of the body by germs.
infection — invasion of the body by germs. In Chinese: 感染，传染.
infection is pronounced /ɪnˈfekʃn/.
Doctors prescribed antibiotics to treat the bacterial infection that had spread to the patient's lungs. (医生开了抗生素来治疗已扩散到患者肺部的细菌感染。)
contamination, disease, illness — all close in meaning to infection (invasion of the body by germs).
Yes. infection is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.
infect(infect)+ion(noun)