coinfected

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English

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Etymology

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co- +‎ infected

Adjective

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coinfected (not comparable)

  1. (medicine) Simultaneously infected by two or more organisms.
    • 1989 April 8, John Dooley, “Syphilis and AIDS: What's the Connection?”, in Gay Community News, page 9:
      There is much concern about syphilis altering its course in people coinfected with HIV.
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