superinfectv.
/ˌsuːpərɪnˈfɛkt/, /ˌsjuːpərɪnˈfɛkt/, U.S. /ˌsupərᵻnˈfɛk(t)/ 1. transitive. Medicine. To infect (an already infected person or animal) with a different organism; to cause superinfection of (see superinfection n. 1). In early use also: to reinfect (now rare).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > make diseased [verb (transitive)] > induce disease in addition to existing one
superinduce1796
superinfect1915
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > make diseased [verb (transitive)] > infect > again
reinfect1609
superinfect1915
1915 Jrnl. Exper. Med. 22 317 This patient had been suffering from the inclusion conjunctivitis when he was superinfected with the Koch-Weeks bacilli.
1928 Trans. Royal Soc. Trop. Med. & Hygiene 22 105 Three cats still infected with E[ntamœba] dispar were superinfected by E. dysenteriæ.
1951 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Nov. 1107/1 A mammal infected with one species of malaria parasite cannot be superinfected with the same species.
2003 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 26 Apr. a21/1 Having a new cold virus running amuck that can superinfect people with an untreatable pneumonia is definitely bad news.
2. transitive. Virology. To infect (an already infected cell). Cf. superinfection n. 2.
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1954 Jrnl. Bacteriol. 67 696/1 Lysogenic cells were superinfected with phages.
1980 Internat. Jrnl. Radiation Biol. 37 120 When cells of E. coli are superinfected by phage λ, the phage DNA can appear in three distinct forms.
2004 J. Goudsmit Viral Fitness ix. 127 The cell is already infected and cannot usually be super-infected.
Derivatives
ˌsuperinˈfecting adj.
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the world > life > biology > laboratory analysis > processes > [adjective] > others
superinfected1897
spinal1900
auxanographic1905
turbidimetric1911
pre-experimental1917
superinfecting1918
killed1919
pretreated1925
micrurgical1927
bursectomized1928
ultrafilterable1928
microinjected1938
alloxanic1950
microinjecting1951
superfused1953
sterile-male1959
sham-operated1963
transfected1964
perifused1969
zeugmatographic1973
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infecting with organism of similar kind
superinfecting1918
1918 Jrnl. Cutaneous Dis. 36 517 Superinfecting experiments on syphilitic individuals are harmless and may be performed with impunity.
1976 Pathol. Ann. 11 259 Bacterial and, to a lesser extent, viral infections were also encountered in patients with multiple superinfecting organisms.
2005 D. Deregt in S. M. Goyal & J. F. Ridpath Bovine Viral Diarrhea Virus 9/2 These animals developed antibodies to the superinfecting virus.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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