Definition of Superinfections

1. Noun. (plural of superinfection) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Superinfections

1. superinfection [n] - See also: superinfection

Lexicographical Neighbors of Superinfections

superincumbent
superindex
superindexes
superindices
superindividual
superinduce
superinduced
superinduces
superinducing
superinduction
superinductions
superinfect
superinfected
superinfecting
superinfection
superinfections (current term)
superinfects
superinflation
superinfuse
superinfused
superinfuses
superinfusing
supering
superinjection
superinjections
superinjunction
superinjunctions
superinspect
superinstitution
superinstitutions

Literary usage of Superinfections

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Infection and Resistance: An Exposition of the Biological Phenomena by Hans Zinsser (1918)
"... the method would seem to imply a considerable degree of risk and our experience with superinfections and reinfections in syphilis does not encourage the ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"MONTGOMERY spoke of superinfections, and objected to the use of the term symbiosis in this connection. DR. KLOTZ called attention to his own paper, ..."

3. Pulmonary Tuberculosis by Maurice Fishberg (1922)
"superinfections are very difficult, usually impossible; the integuments and mucous membranes cease to react to the syphilitic virus introduced from without ..."

4. Pulmonary tuberculosis by Maurice Fishberg (1919)
"superinfections are very difficult, usually impossible; the integuments and mucous membranes cease to react to the syphilitic virus introduced from without ..."

5. The Principles and Practice of Dermatology by William Allen Pusey (1917)
"... of these cases reported as reinfections undoubtedly represent local recurrences and another group may perhaps be interpreted as superinfections. ..."

6. Publications by Bureau of Government Laboratories, Philippines, Department of the Interior (1905)
"As a matter of fact, the organisms seem to be about as numerous in cases complicated by bacterial superinfections as in uncomplicated ones, unless it be in ..."

7. The Lancet-clinic by Mississippi Valley Medical Association, Ohio Valley Medical Association (1912)
"We recognize in the laryngeal and intestinal tuberculosis of consumptives the typical superinfections with all the peculiarities of the experimental form. ..."

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