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单词 postinfectious
释义

postinfectious

adjective

post·​in·​fec·​tious ˌpōst-in-ˈfek-shəs How to pronounce postinfectious (audio)
: occurring after and especially as a result of an infection
postinfectious encephalitis
a postinfectious cough

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web There are precedents for this kind of postinfectious, noncritical illness, such as posttreatment Lyme disease. Jennifer Couzin-frankel, Science | AAAS, 13 Apr. 2021 In other words, long Covid may simply be the latest example of a postinfectious phenomenon that has mystified physicians for more than a century. New York Times, 21 Jan. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Medical Definition

postinfectious

adjective

post·​in·​fec·​tious -in-ˈfek-shəs How to pronounce postinfectious (audio)
variants or post-infectious
: relating to or occurring in the period following infection : caused by a previous infection
postinfectious syndromes
Estimates of the annual incidence of idiopathic or postinfectious transverse myelitis range from 1.3 to 8 cases per million. Elliot M. Frohman et al.
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