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vection

[vek-shuh n]
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noun Medicine/Medical.
  1. the transference of a disease from one person to another.
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Origin of vection

First recorded in 1600–10, vection is from the Latin word vectiōn- (stem of vectiō a carrying). See vector, -tion
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vection

(vĕk′shən)
n.
  1. The transference of pathogens from the sick to the healthy by a vector.
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