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SUPERINFECT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does superinfect mean?
• SUPERINFECT (verb)
The verb SUPERINFECT has 1 sense:
1. infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms
Familiarity information: SUPERINFECT used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Conjugation: |
Present simple: I / you / we / they superinfect ... he / she / it superinfects
Past simple: superinfected
Past participle: superinfected
-ing form: superinfecting
... he / she / it superinfects Past simple: superinfected
Past participle: superinfected
-ing form: superinfecting
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "superinfect" is one way to...):
infect; taint (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
superinfection (infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection)
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