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in⋅fes⋅ta⋅tion

  [in-fe-stey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act of infesting; state of being infested.
2. a harassing or troublesome invasion: an infestation of ants.
Origin:
1375–1425; late ME infestacio(u)n < LL infestātiōn- (s. of infestātiō). See infest, -ation
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in·fest   (ĭn-fěst')   
tr.v.   in·fest·ed, in·fest·ing, in·fests

  1. To inhabit or overrun in numbers or quantities large enough to be harmful, threatening, or obnoxious: rats infesting the sewers; streets that were infested with drugs.

  2. To live as a parasite in or on: livestock that were infested with tapeworms.


[Middle English infesten, to distress, from Old French infester, from Latin īnfestāre, from īnfestus, hostile; see gwhedh- in Indo-European roots.]
in'fes·ta'tion n., in·fest'er n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: in·fes·ta·tion
Pronunciation: "in-"fes-'tA-sh&n
Function: noun
1 : the act of infesting something
2 : something that infests
3 : the state of being infested especially with metazoan ectoparasites
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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