AUTOINFECTION

Etymology

Noun

autoinfection (countable and uncountable, plural autoinfections)

The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host.

Source: Wiktionary


Au`to-in*fec"tion, n. [Auto- + infection.] (Med.)

Definition: Poisoning caused by a virus that originates and develops in the organism itself.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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27 November 2024

NAUSEATING

(adjective) causing or able to cause nausea; “a nauseating smell”; “nauseous offal”; “a sickening stench”


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