See Also: infiltration(dictionary)
Infiltration(medicine)
Infiltration(health)
perineural infiltration(medicine)
paraneural infiltration(medicine)
lipomatous infiltration(medicine)
leukaemic infiltration(medicine)
infiltration anaesthesia(medicine)
gray infiltration(medicine)
gelatinous infiltration(medicine)

infiltration (iou)



infiltration noun. LME.
[from INFILTRATE verb + -ION.]
The action or process of infiltrating (something); the process or condition of being infiltrated. LME.
J. L. Myres The southward infiltration of Albanian and Slav into districts formerly Romanized. Times Alleged Communist infiltration into the Oxford branch of the National Union of Railwaymen. A. Powell The only hint of human infiltration of these pastures came from distant sheep.
An infiltrated deposit. E19.
Comb.: infiltration anaesthesia local anaesthesia; infiltration capacity the maximum rate at which soil in a given condition can absorb water.