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infiltration

infiltration

noun an-feel-trah-SYOHN Rare
Body & Health Medicine

Origin: Medieval Latin infiltrare (to filter in)

Also means

seepage

Usage Note

Infiltration covers both a physical sense (water seeping through a wall — des infiltrations d'eau) and a figurative/security sense (spies or agents infiltrating a group). In medicine, une infiltration is a corticosteroid injection into a joint. The verb infiltrer and reflexive s'infiltrer are the corresponding verbal forms.

Examples

"Des infiltrations d'eau ont endommagé le mur."

Natural Translation

Water seepage has damaged the wall.

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