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INFILTRATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("infiltration" is a kind of...):
incursion; penetration (an attack that penetrates into enemy territory)
Domain category:
armed forces; armed services; military; military machine; war machine (the military forces of a nation)
Derivation:
infiltrate (pass through an enemy line; in a military conflict)
infiltrate (enter a group or organization in order to spy on the members)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
Example:
the infiltration of seawater through the lava
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("infiltration" is a kind of...):
filtration (the process whereby fluids pass through a filter or a filtering medium)
Derivation:
infiltrate (pass into or through by filtering or permeating)
infiltrate (cause (a liquid) to enter by penetrating the interstices)
Context examples:
A neoplastic process that is confined to the site of origin without morphologic evidence of cellular infiltration of the surrounding tissues.
(Non-Invasive Lesion, NCI Thesaurus)
A peripheral (mature) T-cell lymphoma presenting in the skin with patches/plaques and it is characterized by epidermal and dermal infiltration of small to medium-sized T-cells with cerebriform nuclei.
(Mycosis Fungoides (Working Formulation), NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by destructive infiltration of lymph nodes and extranodal sites by a monotonous population of transformed lymphocytes or plasma cells.
(Monomorphic Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder, NCI Thesaurus)
It is characterized by epidermal and dermal infiltration of small to medium-sized T-cells with cerebriform nuclei.
(Mycosis fungoides, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)
A form of mastocytosis characterized by mast cell infiltration of the skin. (WHO, 2001) — 2003
(Cutaneous Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Endometrial stromal nodule has been described in the uterine corpus and it is characterized by the lack of infiltration of the surrounding tissues.
(Endometrioid Stromal Neoplasm, NCI Thesaurus)
The recruitment of leukocytes may contribute to tumor-associated leukocyte infiltration and to the antiviral state against HIV infection.
(CCL8 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)
An aggressive and progressive mast cell neoplasm characterized by systemic infiltration of internal organs by aggregates of neoplastic mast cells.
(Aggressive Systemic Mastocytosis, NCI Thesaurus)
Inflammatory process characterized by infiltration of inflammatory cells into prostatic stromal and glandular elements.
(Chronic Active Prostatitis of Mouse, NCI Thesaurus/MMHCC)
A microscopic finding indicating the infiltration of the capsule that surrounds an organ by a malignant cellular population.
(Capsular Invasion, NCI Thesaurus)
