Infection

(in-fek’ -shun) [infectio, from in, into;facere, to make]. I. The communication of disease from one body to another, or from one part to another part of the same individual - (autoinfection). 2. The material conveying the disease; the disease-producing agent. I.- atrium, the point of entrance of an infection. I., Consecutive, septic infection implanted upon an already established morbid proce . 332