postinfection
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- post-infection
Etymology edit
Adjective edit
postinfection (not comparable)
Adverb edit
postinfection (not comparable)
- (medicine) After an infection
- 1990, A. Clad et al., “Genital Isolates of Chlamydia trachomatis Survive 12 day Antibiotic Treatment in Vitro Due to Delayed Cell Lysis”, in William Robert Bowie, editor, Chlamydial Infections[1], →ISBN, page 524:
- 14 days postinfection the control cell culture exhibited many inclusions that were arranged in clusters of 5 to 10 neighbouring cells.
Noun edit
postinfection (plural postinfections)
- (medicine) An infection that arises after a medical procedure.
- 2009, Remi Nader, Abdulrahman J. Sabbagh, Neurosurgery Case Review: Questions and Answers:
- Neurosurgeons must always be aware of the other causes of myelopathy. These conditions include parainfections or postinfections, systemic autoimmune disease, paraneoplastic syndromes […]