impeksiyon

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Alternative forms

• impeksyon

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infección.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: im‧pek‧si‧yon
• IPA^(key): /ʔimpeksiˈon/ [ʔim.pekˈʃon̪]

Noun

impeksiyón

1. infection

   Synonym: ulakit

Related terms

• impektar

 

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• impeksyon — superseded, pre-2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish infección, from Latin īnfectiō, with sound shift of /n/ to /m/ following labial consonants.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔimpeksiˈon/ [ʔɪm.pɛkˈʃon]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: im‧pek‧si‧yon

Noun

impeksiyón (Baybayin spelling ᜁᜋ᜔ᜉᜒᜃ᜔ᜐᜒᜌᜓᜈ᜔)

1. infection

   Synonyms: lalin, pagkalalin, hawa, pagkahawa, (in wounds) naknak, (in wounds) pagnanaknak

Derived terms

• maimpeksiyon

Related terms

• impektado

Further reading

• “impeksiyon”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018