Etymology

superinfection

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Today it means: An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process Full definition →

English infection ← Latin super- ← Proto-Italic *super
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Englishinfection
  8. English todaysuperinfection

From super- + infection.

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