"superinfection" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-superinfection.wav [US] Forms: superinfections [plural]
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  1. An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: superinfectious Translations (infection which follows another infection): 雙重感染 /双重感染 (shuāngchóng gǎnrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 二重感染 (èrchóng gǎnrǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), superinfezione [feminine] (Italian), асқынжұқпа (asqınjuqpa) (Kazakh), nadkażenie [neuter] (Polish), superinfekcja [feminine] (Polish), sobreinfección [feminine] (Spanish)

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