Affection

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<languages /><translate> (af-ek'-shun) [afficere, to affect]. Dis- ease. A., Parainfectious, one in which the symptoms or conditions are only indirectly related to the disease named; a by-condi- tion or accessory infection of certain diseases characterized by the appearance of symptoms attributable to an intercurrent or secondary infection, as in the case of noma occurring in cases of measles and due to infection with diphtheria.

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