something that is communicated by or to or between people or groups | moral corruption or contamination |
the activity of communicating; the activity of conveying information | (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure |
a connection allowing access between persons or places | the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people |
| an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted |
| (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease |
| (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound |
| the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |