Reinfect

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    infect again

Example

More examples

"The final factor that will determine whether COVID-19 can be defeated once and for all is whether it lives in another animal, known as a reservoir, from which it can reinfect people."

Etymology

From re- + infect.

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