"spurious infection" meaning in All languages combined

See spurious infection on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: spurious infections [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} spurious infection (countable and uncountable, plural spurious infections)
  1. (parasitology) A case in which parasites invade a host but do not succeed in colonizing it, for example merely passing through the digestive tract. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Parasitology
    Sense id: en-spurious_infection-en-noun-Dy04Ozo2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: medicine, parasitology, sciences

Inflected forms

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