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Infection vs Postherpes - What's the difference?

infection | postherpes |

In pathology|lang=en terms the difference between infection and postherpes

is that infection is (pathology) the act or process of infecting while postherpes is (pathology) following infection with herpes.

As a noun infection

is (pathology) the act or process of infecting.

As an adjective postherpes is

(pathology) following infection with herpes.

infection

English

(wikipedia infection)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (pathology) The act or process of infecting.
  • An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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    Related terms

    * infect * infected * infectable

    Derived terms

    * spurious infection

    postherpes

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • (pathology) Following infection with herpes.

    • Synonyms

    *postherpetic