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Subclinical infection — In medicine, a subclinical infection refers to an inapparent, asymptomatic infection, or an infection that has such a mild course that it does not alert the patient enough to consult with a physician.An example could be a mild case of the common… … Wikipedia
subclinical — Denoting the presence of a disease without manifest symptoms; may be an early stage in the evolution of a disease. * * * sub·clin·i·cal klin i kəl adj not detectable or producing effects that are not detectable by the usual clinical tests <a… … Medical dictionary
Infection — The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has another organism (a germ ) growing within him, drawing its… … Medical dictionary
infection — Synonyms and related words: abomination, adulteration, aerial infection, afflatus, airborne infection, animating spirit, animation, animus, atrocity, bad, bane, befouling, befoulment, besmirchment, blight, carrier, communicability, contagion,… … Moby Thesaurus
subclinical — adjective Date: circa 1935 not detectable or producing effects that are not detectable by the usual clinical tests < a subclinical infection > < subclinical cancer > • subclinically adverb … New Collegiate Dictionary
infection — /in fek sheuhn/, n. 1. an act or fact of infecting; state of being infected. 2. an infecting with germs of disease, as through the medium of infected insects, air, water, or clothing. 3. an infecting agency or influence. 4. an infectious disease … Universalium
asymptomatic infection — subclinical i … Medical dictionary
inapparent infection — subclinical i … Medical dictionary
latent infection — 1. a phase during the course of some established infections during which the pathogenic microorganisms are dormant and manifestations of disease that may have been recognizable earlier are no longer detectable, as in latent syphilis. 2.… … Medical dictionary
endemic influenza — infection with influenza virus occurring continuously within a population, i.e., between epidemics, either sporadically and not recognized as influenza or as a subclinical infection … Medical dictionary
