coinfection

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noun

Simultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria; often one infection is a secondary bacterial infection that gets its opportunity from the effects of the (viral or bacterial) first one.

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Meanings

nouncoinfection (countable and uncountable, plural coinfections)

plural coinfections

  1. countableuncountableSimultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria; often one infection is a secondary bacterial infection that gets its opportunity from the effects of the (viral or bacterial) first one.

Origin

From co- + infection.

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APA

coinfection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coinfection

MLA

“coinfection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coinfection. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “coinfection,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/coinfection.

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