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to reinfect

to reinfect

1 4.1
Make someone or yourself sick again with the same germ after getting better
  • verb
  • /ˌriːɪnˈfɛkt/
translation icon : reinfectar
  • As you know, former hosts can be reinfected without suffering any ill effects.
  • get reinfected

And I think why people ask why am I getting reinfected?

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Examples

  • Some patients are reinfected with the virus after recovering from their initial illness.

  • The British Medical Journal reported that all those people will have protection from their T cells, which will ensure that they cannot be reinfected for at least six months.

  • I think Omicron is so infectious that it's going to carry on reinfecting people who had it maybe months ago.

    ZOE

  • You may have been reinfected with a new yeast strain.

    Blog text (8)

  • Start with the simplest case, in which those who recover are never reinfected.

    Academic text (2001)

  • Students in John's lab have successfully reinfected anemones with symbiotinium plates.

  • After treatment, he was careful not to reinfect himself by avoiding crowded places.

  • Many people who have recovered from COVID-19 can still be reinfected by different variants.

Synonyms

to recontract
vsto reinfect
  • Specialized
9.3

To get infected again after recovering from an illness

is the same meaning but appears as a different word form

Antonyms

to immunize
  • Specialized
15 3.9

To give someone a vaccine so they do not get a disease

Surface Forms

reinfect infinitive
reinfected past
reinfected past participle
reinfecting present participle
reinfections third person singular

Morphology

reinfect = infect (transparent) = re + infect

The prefix 're-' straightforwardly adds the meaning 'again' to the familiar verb 'infect'.

Etymology

Reinfect comes from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and infect meaning 'to give someone a disease', so to reinfect someone is to give them the same illness 'again' after they have recovered.