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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Koine Greek μόλυνσις (mólunsis, defilement) with -ση (-si) ending and semantic loan from English pollution.[1]

Noun

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μόλυνση (mólynsif (plural μολύνσεις)

  1. (pathology) infection
    Synonym: λοίμωξη f (loímoxi)
  2. contagion
  3. (ecology) contamination, pollution
    Synonym: ρύπανση f (rýpansi)

Declension

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References

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  1. ^ μόλυνση, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language

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