What does infection mean in crosswords?

infection means: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

Which crossword clues can have infection as the answer?

Possible clues for infection include "Germ illness".

Word entry · 9 letters

Best crossword clue

"Germ illness"

9 letters · collected on this word page

9 lettersPronunciation /ɪnˈfɛkʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cefiinnotStarts with IEnds with N1 cluesVery common crossword word

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(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

From Old French infection, from Late Latin īnfectiō. Equivalent to infect + -ion.

“As the previously used chemotherapeutic agents have only proved themselves to be spirochetostatic and not spirochetocidal, the patient is liable to a delayed infection which may not become manifest for years.”
“And researchers at the National Institutes of Health report finding candidalike fungus infections in the blood of AIDS victims.”
“It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]”

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