Term: infection: (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: water bed: a bed with a mattress made of strong plastic that is filled with water
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: ghastliness: the quality of being ghastly
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: irrigation: (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: thousand island dressing: mayonnaise with chili sauce or catsup and minced olives and peppers and hard-cooked egg
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: hessian fly: small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: semantic role: (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: jap: (offensive slang) offensive term for a person of Japanese descent
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: stentor: any of several trumpet-shaped ciliate protozoans that are members of the genus Stentor
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: splenius: either of two flat muscles that extend from the upper vertebrae to the base of the skull and serve to rotate or flex or extend the head and neck
Broader: pathologic process: an organic process occurring as a consequence of disease | Unrelated: feather boa: a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur