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Infected vs Coinfected - What's the difference?

infected | coinfected |

As adjectives the difference between infected and coinfected

is that infected is referring to something that has received an infection while coinfected is (medicine) simultaneously infected by two or more organisms.

As a verb infected

is (infect).

infected

English

Verb

(head)
  • (infect)
    • Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • referring to something that has received an infection
    • The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.

    coinfected

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Simultaneously infected by two or more organisms

    • Related terms

    * coinfection