infection

noun/ɪnˈfekʃn/CEFR B1

সংক্রমণ

Meaning

An illness caused by germs entering the body.

Example sentences

  • Wash the cut to prevent infection.সংক্রমণ এড়াতে কাটা জায়গা ধুয়ে ফেলো।
  • The infection spread very quickly.সংক্রমণটা খুব দ্রুত ছড়িয়ে পড়ল।
  • Antibiotics can treat this infection.অ্যান্টিবায়োটিক এই সংক্রমণ সারাতে পারে।
  • The wound got an infection.ক্ষতটিতে সংক্রমণ হলো।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: contamination, disease

Similar words, and what each means

  • contamination

    দূষণ, কলুষিতকরণ

    The act of making something dirty or impure.

  • disease

    রোগ, ব্যাধি

    An illness that affects the body or a part of it.

Other English words for “সংক্রমণ”

  • contagion

    The spreading of a disease from one person to another by contact.

“infection” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • The needle is the thin steel tube at the front; the syringe is the barrel and plunger behind it that holds and pushes the liquid. Both are single-use — a needle blunts on its first pass through skin, and reuse is one of the surest ways to pass on infection.

    syringe — dictionary →

  • Doctors ruled out any infection.

    rule out — dictionary →

  • The lumps people call swollen glands are lymph nodes — they trap infection; hormone glands are a different thing.

    gland — dictionary →

Where this word is used

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  1. “infection” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • মঞ্চ প্রদর্শনী
    • • পুনর্নির্মাণ
    • • নাগরিকবৃন্দ
    • • সংক্রমণ
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    সংক্রমণ — infection (noun) — সংক্রমণ. An illness caused by germs entering the body.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “infection”?

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    • • quay
    • • contamination
    • • marshalling yard
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    contamination — contamination — দূষণ, কলুষিতকরণ. The act of making something dirty or impure.

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