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spurious infection

spurious infection noun: a case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.

Noun

spurious infection (countable and uncountable, plural spurious infections)

  1. A case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.

Forms of spurious infection

pluralspurious infections

Questions about spurious infection

What does spurious infection mean?
Spurious infection means a case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract.
What part of speech is spurious infection?
Spurious infection is a noun.
What is the plural of spurious infection?
The plural of spurious infection is spurious infections.

Words near spurious infection in the dictionary

  1. spuriosities
  2. spuriosity
  3. spurious
  4. spurious diphthong
  5. spurious diphthongs
  6. spurious infection
  7. spurious infections
  8. spurious language
  9. spurious languages
  10. spuriousity
  11. spuriously

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