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FOCAL INFECTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("focal infection" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
Meronyms (parts of "focal infection"):
focal point; focus; nidus (a central point or locus of an infection in an organism)
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