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vection

[vek-shuh n]

noun Medicine/Medical.

the transference of a disease from one person to another.

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 in Medicine

vection

[vĕk′shən]

n.

The transference of pathogens from the sick to the healthy by a vector.

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