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parainfectious

parainfectious adjective: of or relating to parainfection.

Adjective

parainfectious (comparative more parainfectious, superlative most parainfectious)

  1. Of or relating to parainfection.
  2. Accompanying, but not caused by, an infection.
    • Parainfectious optic neuritis typically follows the onset of a viral infection by 1-3 weeks, but it also can occur as a postvaccination phenomenon.2009, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, Ophthalmology, page 965

Forms of parainfectious

comparativemore parainfectious
superlativemost parainfectious

Origin of parainfectious

From para- + infectious.

Questions about parainfectious

What does parainfectious mean?
Parainfectious means of or relating to parainfection.
What part of speech is parainfectious?
Parainfectious is an adjective.

Words near parainfectious in the dictionary

  1. paraimmunoglobulinopathies
  2. paraimmunoglobulinopathy
  3. parainesis
  4. parainfection
  5. parainfections
  6. parainfectious
  7. parainfective
  8. parainflammation
  9. parainflammatory
  10. parainfluenza
  11. parainfluenzal

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