Coinfection
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Coinfection is a noun meaning Simultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria; often one infection is a secondary bacterial infection that gets its opportunity from the effects of the (viral or bacterial) first one.
Meaning
Simultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria; often one infection is a secondary bacterial infection that gets its opportunity from the effects of the (viral or bacterial) first one.
Word Forms
- coinfections
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include copathogen, superinfection, cross-infection, subinfection, syndemic, coinfectant.
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