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An example use of infection in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… them for signs of infection do they have …”
Infection is the process of introducing a pathogen into a living organism.
the word infection occurs in english on average 15.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.