reinfection

reinfection
noun Date: 1882 infection following recovery from or superimposed on infection of the same type

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  • reinfection — index recrudescence Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • réinfection — réinfecter [ reɛ̃fɛkte ] v. tr. <conjug. : 1> • 1549 ; de re et infecter ♦ Infecter de nouveau. Pronom. La plaie s est réinfectée. N. f. RÉINFECTION , 1907 . ● réinfection nom féminin Fait d être réinfecté. réinfection [ʀeɛ̃fɛksjɔ̃] n. f …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • reinfection — A second infection by the same microorganism, after recovery from or during the course of a primary infection. * * * re·in·fec·tion .rē in fek shən n infection following recovery from or superimposed on a previous infection of the same type… …   Medical dictionary

  • reinfection — |rē+ noun Etymology: re + infection : an additional infection following recovery from or superimposed on a previous infection of the same type reactivation of a lesion which has become temporarily arrested is not in the pathologic sense a… …   Useful english dictionary

  • reinfection — n. [L. re, again; inficere, to make] A second infection by the same microorganism after recovery from or during the course of a primary infection …   Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • reinfection — n. * * * …   Universalium

  • reinfection — noun Another infection, another instance of being infected See Also: reinfect …   Wiktionary

  • reinfection — n. renewed infection, renewed contamination; act of infecting again, act of recontaminating …   English contemporary dictionary

  • reinfection — re·infection …   English syllables

  • reinfection — re in•fec′tion n …   From formal English to slang

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