focal infection

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   bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere

   Broaderinfection

   Partsfocus

Questions about focal infection

What does focal infection mean?

focal infection means "bacterial infection limited to a specific organ or region especially one causing symptoms elsewhere".

Is focal infection a common word?

focal infection is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.