Reinfect
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 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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