FOCAL INFECTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does focal infection mean? 

• FOCAL INFECTION (noun)
  The noun FOCAL INFECTION has 1 sense:

1. bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere

  Familiarity information: FOCAL INFECTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FOCAL INFECTION (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)