superinfection

English

Etymology

From super- +‎ infection.

Pronunciation

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Noun

superinfection (countable and uncountable, plural superinfections)

1. An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process

Related terms

• superinfectious

Translations

infection which follows another infection

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 雙重感染 / 双重感染 (shuāngchóng gǎnrǎn), 二重感染 (èrchóng gǎnrǎn)

• Italian: superinfezione (it) f
• Kazakh: асқынжұқпа (asqynjūqpa)
• Polish: nadkażenie n, superinfekcja f
• Spanish: sobreinfección f

References

• http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=mesh&list_uids=68015163&dopt=Full
• Superinfection on Wikipedia.Wikipedia