postinfection

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English

Alternative forms

  • post-infection

Etymology

From post- +‎ infection.

Adjective

postinfection (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Occurring after an infection

Adverb

postinfection (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) After an infection
    • 1990, A. Clad et al., “Genital Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis Survive 12 day Antibiotic Treatment in Vitro Due to Delayed Cell Lysis”, in William Robert Bowie, editor, Chlamydial Infections, →ISBN, page 524:
      14 days postinfection the control cell culture exhibited many inclusions that were arranged in clusters of 5 to 10 neighbouring cells.

Noun

postinfection (plural postinfections)

  1. (medicine) An infection that arises after a medical procedure.
    • 2009, Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh, Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers:
      Neurosurgeons must always be aware of the other causes of myelopathy. These conditions include parainfections or postinfections, systemic autoimmune disease, paraneoplastic syndromes []