Infection
Infection noun - (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease.
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Rot and infection are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rot" instead a noun "Infection".
Rot
Rot noun - Language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense.
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- A story in the forums told of a military squad getting a syndrome that caused their skin and eyes to rot away, but after surgery to remove the rotten tissue (preventing further rot or death by infection) and some presumably liberal use of bandages, his dwarves went back on duty.
Source: Universal Poison - Jester strangles Paul and watches him rot alive from his hidden infection, and with the zombies now out of their control, Jester and David are then Devoured by the Horde.
Source: Literature / The Enemy -
Dark Is Not Evil: The deer druids only appear at night, and wear creepy skull masks, but will heal your rot infection, give you a spirit stone, or the Holy Moon Scythe if you ask it of them.
Source: Video Game / Armello
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