postinfection

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adjective

Occurring after an infection

OriginEnglish infection ← Latin post ← Old Latin poste →
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Meanings

adjectivepostinfection (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineOccurring after an infection
adverbpostinfection (not comparable)
  1. not comparablemedicineAfter an infection

    14 days postinfection the control cell culture exhibited many inclusions that were arranged in clusters of 5 to 10 neighbouring cells.

    1990, A. Clad et al., “Genital Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis Survive 12 day Antibiotic Treatment in Vitro Due to Delayed Cell Lysis”, in William Robert Bowie, editor, Chlamydial Infections, →ISBN, page 524
nounpostinfection (plural postinfections)

plural postinfections

  1. medicineAn infection that arises after a medical procedure.

    Neurosurgeons must always be aware of the other causes of myelopathy. These conditions include parainfections or postinfections, systemic autoimmune disease, paraneoplastic syndromes[…]

    2009, Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh, Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Englishinfection
  8. Englishpostinfection

From post- + infection.

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Cite this entry
APA

postinfection. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinfection

MLA

“postinfection.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinfection. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postinfection,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postinfection.

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