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To make an organ or a tissue react to an infection, an irritation or a blow by becoming sore, red and swollen.  

A lack of strength and energy because of illness or age (formal). This term denotes fragility, feebleness, or a deficiency in strength. It is commonly used concerning illness or old age.  

A room in a school or workplace where people can go if they are ill. A former name for a hospital.  

(Of liquid or waste) to pass from one part of the body to another through a wall or membrane and be deposited in the other part. Any substance that enters a cell, tissue, or organ under abnormal circumstances (noun) or to penetrate (verb). Examples of infiltrates are blood cells, cancer cells, fat, starch, and calcium…

The fact of having large numbers of parasites, or an invasion of the body by parasites. Presence, and usually the growth and increase, of parasites or other organisms on the skin (e.g., ringworm infestation) or within the body, usually producing signs of disease (compare infection). The presence of an organism, such as a parasite, living…

(Of parasites) to be present somewhere in large numbers. To invade or contaminate; said especially of parasites. The action of inundating the exterior of a botanical entity or infiltrating the surrounding medium, such as earth or any other base material, pertains to a process referred to as “infestation.” This term is particularly applicable when characterizing…

Not fertile, not able to reproduce.  

One of the arteries which supply the transverse colon and rectum. Major blood supply of the intestine. A branch of the abdominal aorta, supplying blood to the left side of the colon, including the sigmoid colon and the rectum.  

The fact of being lower in value or quality, substandard.