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SUPERINFECTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superinfection mean?
• SUPERINFECTION (noun)
The noun SUPERINFECTION has 1 sense:
1. infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
Familiarity information: SUPERINFECTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("superinfection" is a kind of...):
infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)
Derivation:
superinfect (infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms)
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