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Infection vs Preinfection - What's the difference?

infection | preinfection |

As nouns the difference between infection and preinfection

is that infection is (pathology) the act or process of infecting while preinfection is infection prior to another process.

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

    preinfection

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • infection prior to another process
  • The time before an infection was acquired (often used attributively as an adjective)