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infantilism
  • n  an abnormal condition in which an older child or adult retains infantile characteristics
  • n  infantile behavior in mature persons
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infantry
  • n  an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot
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infarct
  • n  localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
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infarction
  • n  localized necrosis resulting from obstruction of the blood supply
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infatuation
  • n  a foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration
  • n  temporary love of an adolescent
  • n  an object of extravagant short-lived passion
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inferior pulmonary vein
  • n  either of two pulmonary veins (left and right) returning blood from the inferior lobes of the lungs
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inferior rectus
  • n  the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially
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inferior rectus muscle
  • n  the ocular muscle whose contraction turns the eyeball down and medially
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infection
  • n  the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms
  • n  (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound
  • n  (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
  • n  an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted
  • n  the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people
    the infection of his enthusiasm for poetry
  • n  moral corruption or contamination
    ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable
  • n  (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure
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infectious disease
  • n  a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
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infectious hepatitis
  • n  an acute but benign form of viral hepatitis caused by an RNA virus that does not persist in the blood serum and is usually transmitted by ingesting food or drink that is contaminated with fecal matter
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infectious mononucleosis
  • n  an acute disease characterized by fever and swollen lymph nodes and an abnormal increase of mononuclear leucocytes or monocytes in the bloodstream; not highly contagious; some believe it can be transmitted by kissing
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