Superinfection

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The act or process of superinfecting a cell or organism.
  • n. An infection following a previous infection, especially when caused by microorganisms that have become resistant to the antibiotics used earlier.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    infection