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The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.

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  1. n. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body.
  2. n. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body.
  3. n. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)
  4. n. the slow passage of a liquid through a filtering medium
  5. 1. The act or process of infiltrating, as if water into a porous substance, or of a fluid into the cells of an organ or part of the body. 2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Addison. Calcareous infiltrations filling the cavities. Kirwan. Fatty infiltration. (Med.) See under Fatty. -- Infiltration gallery, a filter gallery.
  6. n:100 n. a process in which individuals (or small groups) penetrate an area (especially the military penetration of enemy positions without detection)