AUTOINFECTION


Meaning of AUTOINFECTION in English

/aw'toh in fek"sheuhn/ , n. Pathol.

1. reinfection by a pathogen that is already in the body.

2. infection caused by transfer of a pathogen from one part of the body to another.

[ 1900-05; AUTO- 1 + INFECTION ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .