Definition for IN-FIL-TRA'TION

IN-FIL-TRA'TION, n.

  1. The act or process of entering the pores or cavities of a body.
  2. The substance which has entered the pores or cavities of a body. Calcarious infiltrations, filling the cavities of other stones. – Kirwan.

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