Taint+with+disease

  • 11infect — in•fect [[t]ɪnˈfɛkt[/t]] v. t. 1) to affect or contaminate with disease producing germs 2) to taint or contaminate with any harmful substance: to infect the air with poison gas[/ex] 3) to corrupt or affect morally 4) to imbue with some pernicious …

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  • 12in|fect — «ihn FEHKT», transitive verb. 1. to cause disease or an unhealthy condition in by introducing germs, such as bacteria or a virus: »Dirt infects an open cut. Anyone with a bad cold may infect the people around him. 2. Figurative. to influence in a …

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  • 13infect — v.tr. 1 contaminate (air, water, etc.) with harmful organisms or noxious matter. 2 affect (a person) with disease etc. 3 instil bad feeling or opinion into (a person). Derivatives: infector n. Etymology: ME f. L inficere infect taint (as IN (2),… …

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  • 14infect — [14] Latin inficere originally meant ‘put in’ – it was a compound verb formed from the prefix in and facere ‘put, do’ (source of English fact, fashion, etc). Its earliest specialized extension was ‘dip in’, which was applied specifically to the… …

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  • 15infect — [14] Latin inficere originally meant ‘put in’ – it was a compound verb formed from the prefix in and facere ‘put, do’ (source of English fact, fashion, etc). Its earliest specialized extension was ‘dip in’, which was applied specifically to the… …

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  • 16Mental Pathology —     Mental Pathology     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Mental Pathology     This subject will be considered under the following headings:     I. Localization of Mental Faculties     II. Causes of Mental Disturbances     III. Varieties of Insanity… …

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  • 17Chang Yi Wang — Born December 19, 1951 (1951 12 19) (age 59) Taip …

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  • 18Castration — The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari Cristofano Gherardi (c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence). Not to be confused with Penectomy or Penis removal. Castration (also referred to as gelding, spa …

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  • 19Earth Abides — infobox Book | name = Earth Abides title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of the 1949 Random House first edition. author = George R. Stewart illustrator = cover artist = H. Lawrence Hoffman [cite… …

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  • 20Astrology — • The supposed science which determines the influence of the stars, especially of the five older planets, on the fate of man Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Astrology     Astrology …

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