Dictionary entry

Infiltration

Webster's Dictionary 1913

In′fil‐tra″tion (?), n. [Cf. F. infiltration.]

1. The act or process of infiltrating, as of water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Addison.

Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. Kirwan.

Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty. — Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery.