infecção

Portuguese edit

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infecção

Alternative forms edit

infeção (Portugal)

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin īnfectiōnem.

Pronunciation edit

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fekˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ĩ.fekˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ĩ.fɛˈksɐ̃w̃/

Hyphenation: in‧fe‧ção

Noun edit

infecção f (plural infecções) (Brazilian spelling, European spelling)

infection (uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host)

Derived terms edit

desinfecção

Related terms edit

infectar

References edit

“infecção” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

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