Infection in Malayalam
Infection is രോഗസംക്രമം (rogasamkramam), a compound of disease and passing across. This is the formal medical word, the one that appears in health reporting and hospital notices.
Most common translation
Infection.
കൈ കഴുകിയാല് രോഗസംക്രമം കുറയും.
kai kazhukiyaal rogasamkramam kurayum.
Washing hands reduces infection.
All Malayalam words for “infection”
- രോഗസംക്രമം (rogasamkramam) — Infection.
- പകര്ച്ച (pakarcha) — Exchange, transference, transmission, infection, food that is specially sent to a person.
രോഗസംക്രമം (rogasamkramam) is the technical term, while പകര്ച്ച (pakarcha) is the plainer word for transmission and also carries unrelated senses such as food sent to someone.
Common questions
How do you say infection in Malayalam?
രോഗസംക്രമം (rogasamkramam) is the medical term.
Which word is heard in speech?
പകര്ച്ച (pakarcha), since it belongs to ordinary vocabulary.