Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun risk_of_infection

1 sense of risk of infection

Sense 1
risk, risk of infection -- (the probability of becoming infected given that exposure to an infectious agent has occurred)
       => probability, chance -- (a measure of how likely it is that some event will occur; a number expressing the ratio of favorable cases to the whole number of cases possible; "the probability that an unbiased coin will fall with the head up is 0.5")