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Word: Autoinfection
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 19th century; earliest use found in Medical Times and Gazette. After French auto-infection
Definition:
Reinfection with an agent that remains in the body after causing a previous infection; especially reinfection with a second or subsequent generation of parasites.
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