Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinfection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English

Syllables
re-in-fec-tion
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Another infection, another instance of being infected

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English infection English reinfection From re- + infection.

Inflected Forms

reinfections (plural)

Derived Forms

autoreinfection

Frequently Paired Words

reinfect

Questions

What does reinfection mean?
Another infection, another instance of being infected
Where does reinfection come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re-bor. Middle English re- English re- English infection English reinfection From re- + infection.

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