Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

superinfection

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.40 in modern English

Syllables: su-per-in-fec-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English infection English superinfection From super- + infection.

Usage

Inflected Forms

superinfections (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

superinfectious

Questions

What does superinfection mean?: An infection which follows or occurs during another infection or disease process
Where does superinfection come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Italic *super Latin super Latin super-lbor. English super- English infection English superinfection From super- + infection.

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