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Infection vs Permissivity - What's the difference?

infection | permissivity |

As nouns the difference between infection and permissivity

is that infection is (pathology) the act or process of infecting while permissivity is (biology) (of cells) susceptibility to infection.

infection

English

(wikipedia infection)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
  • An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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    Related terms

    * infect * infected * infectable

    Derived terms

    * spurious infection

    permissivity

    English

    Noun

  • (biology) (of cells) Susceptibility to infection.
  • (physics) permittivity