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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Secondary infection.
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Indeed, this condition of subinfection, or "focal infection," is coming to be recognized as a far more important cause of disease than the time-honored autointoxication, a term which has been greatly abused and misused.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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a fairly frequent cause of illness, but it has lately been shown that stagnant bowels may cause true infection by micro-organisms that penetrate the tissues, and that many conditions ascribed to intestinal stagnation and the resultant chemical poisoning may actually be due to focal infection, or subinfection, arising in other regions.
How to Live Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science Eugene Lyman Fisk 1907
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