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a) The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction.b) The state of being plucked up by the roots.
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éradication — [ eradikasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1370; lat. eradicatio « action de déraciner » 1 ♦ Méd. Action d arracher, d extirper. ⇒ arrachement. Éradication des polypes de l utérus. 2 ♦ Cour. Fig. Suppression totale (d une maladie endémique; d une espèce animale… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Eradication — is the elimination or destruction of a thing or group.Eradication may also refer to: *Genocide, the deliberate, systematic destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group of people *Eradication of infectious diseases, a public health effort … Wikipedia
Eradication — E*rad i*ca tion, n. [L. eradicatio: cf. F. [ e]radication.] 1. The act of plucking up by the roots; a rooting out; extirpation; utter destruction. [1913 Webster] 2. The state of being plucked up by the roots. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Eradication — (v. lat.), Entwurzelung, Ausrottung … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Eradication — Eradication, lat. deutsch, Entwurzelung; eradiciren, entwurzeln … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
eradication — index abolition, cancellation, catastrophe, destruction, dissolution (termination), evulsion, prohibition … Law dictionary
eradication — early 15c., from L. eradicationem, noun of action from eradicare root out, extirpate, annihilate, from ex out (see EX (Cf. ex )) + radix (gen. radicis) root (see RADISH (Cf. radish)) … Etymology dictionary
éradication — (é ra di ka sion) s. f. Action de déraciner, d extirper. Fig. • Ce qui était leur crime en France [des religieuses de Port Royal], digne d éradication et des dernières peines personnelles, parut fort innocent à Rome, SAINT SIMON 250, 83.… … Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré
eradication — eradicate ► VERB ▪ remove or destroy completely. DERIVATIVES eradication noun eradicator noun. ORIGIN Latin eradicare tear up by the roots , from radix root … English terms dictionary
Eradication of infectious diseases — Eradication is the reduction of an infectious disease s prevalence in the global host population to zero.[1] It is sometimes confused with elimination, which describes either the reduction of an infectious disease s prevalence in a regional… … Wikipedia
eradication — noun see eradicate … New Collegiate Dictionary
