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/vek"sheuhn/, n. Med.the transference of a disease from one person to another.[1600-10; < L vection- (s. of vectio a carrying). See VECTOR, -TION]
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Vection — Vec tion, n. [L. vectio, from vehere, vectum, to carry.] Vectitation. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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vection — /vek sheuhn/, n. Med. the transference of a disease from one person to another. [1600 10; < L vection (s. of vectio a carrying). See VECTOR, TION] … Useful english dictionary
vection — Transference of the agents of disease from an infected to an uninfected individual by a vector. [L. vectio, conveyance] * * * vec·tion (vekґshən) [L. vectio a carrying] the carrying of disease germs from an infected individual to a well one… … Medical dictionary
vection — n. infection with disease. ♦ vector, n. disease carrying insect; Mathematics, symbol of quantity having magnitude and direction; compass direction of aircraft … Dictionary of difficult words
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Transference — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Transference >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 transfer transfer transference Sgm: N 1 translocation translocation elocation| Sgm: N 1 displacement displacement Sgm: N 1 metastasis metastasis metathesis Sgm: N … English dictionary for students
Evection — E*vec tion [L. evectio a going up, fr. evehere to carry out; e out + vehere to carry: cf. F [ e]vection.] 1. The act of carrying up or away; exaltation. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson. [1913 Webster] 2. (Astron.) (a) An inequality of the moon s motion in its … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
