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单词 autoinfection
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autoinfection

[ aw-toh-in-fek-shuhn ]
/ ˌɔ toʊ ɪnˈfɛk ʃən /

noun Pathology.

reinfection by a pathogen that is already in the body.
infection caused by transfer of a pathogen from one part of the body to another.

Origin of autoinfection

First recorded in 1900–05; auto-1 + infection

Words nearby autoinfection

autoimmune, autoimmune disease, autoimmune hemolytic anemia, autoimmunization, autoimmunocytopenia, autoinfection, autoinfusion, autoinoculation, autointoxication, autoionization, autoisolysin
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British Dictionary definitions for autoinfection

autoinfection
/ (ˌɔːtəʊɪnˈfɛkʃən) /

noun

infection by a pathogenic agent already within the body or infection transferred from one part of the body to another
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for autoinfection

autoinfection
[ ô′tō-ĭn-fĕkshən ]

n.

Reinfection by microbes or parasitic organisms that are present on or within the body.
Self-infection by direct contact with a contagious agent, as with parasite eggs in the infectious state transmitted by fingernails.autoreinfection
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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