Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

transinfection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: transin-fec-tion
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species

Etymology

From trans- + infection.

Inflected Forms

transinfections (plural)

Questions

What does transinfection mean?: The infection of one host with a bacterium or virus taken from another, often using microinjection, in order to study the different roles of host and infected species
Where does transinfection come from?: From trans- + infection.

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