INFECTION

n. I2n-fe2k's hu*n. Lat., infectio (from inflcere, to dye). Fr.,. Ger., /., Ansteckung. It., in fez i one. Sp., infeccion. 1. The act or proce by which disease is set up in an organism by the implantation of morbific germs from without, or of a part of the organism by the conveyance of such germs from another part. I. differs from contagion (q. v.) in the fact tha,t the germs are not nece arily transferred from another organism, and, as used by some writers, in the further fact that, when they are, contact of the two organisms is not requisite. 2. The material by which communicable diseases are propagated. Acute septic 1. 1. The infection of the system with septic material from a dead fret us in utero. [Gerhardt (a, 40).] 2. The i. of the system by the absorption of septic germs through a wound, [a, 40.] Auto-i. See Self-i. 1. au pa age (Fr.). Infec^n of the child with syphilis from an initial lesion in the mother during childbirth, [a, 40.] I. by vicinity. Of Virchow, the reproduction of a tumor in a neighboring part without any visible connection between it and the original growth, [a, 40.] I. post-initiale (Fr.). The transportation of the syphilitic virus from the initial lesion to a remote portion of the body. [Laug (a, 40).] I. putride aigue (Fr.). See GANGRENE gazeu.se foudroyante. I's fahigkeit (Ger.). 1. Capability of infecting. 2 Susceptibility to infection. I 'skrankheit (Ger.). See the major list I's stoff (Ger.). See CONTAGIUM. Iiitra-uterine i. Fr., i. intra-uterine. Syphilitic infection of the child in utero. [a, 40.] Iiitra-uterine septische I. (Ger.). The i. of the child in utero with septic germs due to disease of the mother. [L, 57 (a, 40).] Intra vag in ale septisehe I. (Ger.). The i. of the child during childbirth with septic material in the vagina. [a, 40,] Miasmatic i. Ger., miasm at is che I. I. arising from a miasma independently of a diseased organism. [A, 326 (a, 21).] Parish i. In England, a common term for a disease which prevails in crowded districts as the result of bad hygiene. It is of _the same type with typhus and relapsing fevers. [D, 52.] Placentare I. (Ger.), Placentari' (Ger.). Syphilitic i. of the placenta, [a, 40.] Postconceptionelle I. (Ger.). I. of the child with syphilis acquired by the mother after conception. [A, 319 (a, 40).] Purulent i. Fr., i. purulente. See PYAEMIA. Putrid i. Fr., i. putride. See SEPTICAEMIA. Self-i. Fr., auto-i. Ger., Selbsti\ I. of the organism at large or of a fresh portion of it from a pre-existing source within itself. Septic i. Ger., septische I. The invasion of a wound by septic germs such as interfere with the normal progre of healing, or induce suppuration. It may or may not be followed by septicaemia, [a, 40.] Septic i. of the blood. See SEPTICAEMIA. Sperm at is che I. (Ger.). The infection of the child with syphilis through the semen of the father. [A, 319 (a, 40).] Systemic 1. I. of the organism at large with a disease previously only local. O, no; O. not; Oa, whole; Th, thin; Th2, the; U, like oo in too; [s. 453]