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cross-infection

cross-infection noun: mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc.

Noun

cross-infection (countable and uncountable, plural cross-infections)

  1. mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc

Forms of cross-infection

pluralcross-infections

Origin of cross-infection

From cross- + infection.

Questions about cross-infection

What does cross-infection mean?
Cross-infection means mutual infection between infected objects, animals, etc.
What part of speech is cross-infection?
Cross-infection is a noun.
What is the plural of cross-infection?
The plural of cross-infection is cross-infections.

Words near cross-infection in the dictionary

  1. cross-indexes
  2. cross-indexing
  3. cross-infect
  4. cross-infected
  5. cross-infecting
  6. cross-infection
  7. cross-infections
  8. cross-infects
  9. cross-inhibition
  10. cross-inhibitory
  11. cross-interrogate

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