focal infection

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noun Pathology, Dentistry.

an infection in which bacteria are localized in some region, as the tonsils or the tissue around a tooth, from which they may spread to some other organ or structure of the body.

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Origin of focal infection

First recorded in 1920–25

Words nearby focal infection

focal area, focal depth, focal distance, focal epilepsy, focal glomerulonephritis, focal infection, focalize, focal length, focal necrosis, focal plane, focal-plane shutter

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How to use focal infection in a sentence

Four weeks after the injections, all 20 of the participants had developed the antibodies needed to stave off the infection.
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The following year, he developed pneumocystis pneumonia—a serious infection associated with HIV and AIDS.
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A fair number explicitly ask for an antibiotic, to cover the possibility that it is “bronchitis” or a “sinus infection.”
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First, bubonic (rhymes with pneumonic but is altogether different) is a local infection sequestered in a lymph node.
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No, not Ebola, but rather infection with the dreaded bacterium, Yersinia pestis.
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There is still a general tendency in universities on both sides of the Atlantic to treat propaganda as infection.
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My two eyes haven't quite the same focal length and this often puts me out of the straight with a column of figures.
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Chyluria occurs most frequently as a symptom of infection by Filaria sanguinis hominis.
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A mild degree means that the body is not reacting well, or else that the infection is too slight to call forth much resistance.
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Infection in man occurs from ingestion of insufficiently cooked pork, which contains encysted embryos.
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British Dictionary definitions for focal infection

focal infection

noun

a bacterial infection limited to a specific part of the body, such as the tonsils or a gland

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Medical definitions for focal infection

focal infection

A bacterial infection localized in a specific part of the body, such as the tonsils, that may spread to another part of the body.