Postinfection

adj, adv, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An 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[…]"

Adjective
  1. 1
    Occurring after an infection not-comparable
Adverb
  1. 1
    After an infection not-comparable

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

Example

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

Etymology

From post- + infection.

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