SUPERINFECTION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Infection that occurs while you are being treated for another infection

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("superinfection" is a kind of...):

infection (the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms)

Derivation:

superinfect (infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms)