HETERO-INFECTION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1893 · p. 13

n. He2t"e2r-o-i2n-fe2k's hu3n. From erepos, different, and inficere, to infect. Fr., hetero-infectipn. Infection of the organism with a poison not generated within itself. Cf. AUTO-INFECTION. [s. 331]