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postinfestation

postinfestation adjective: following infestation.

Adjective

postinfestation (not comparable)

  1. Following infestation.

Adverb

postinfestation (not comparable)

  1. Following infestation.
    • Reinfestation was defined as a scabies diagnosis during 14–365 days from a previous scabies diagnosis; we used 14 days as a minimum to avoid counting return visits for the initial infestation, and 365 days as a maximum to ensure all records were followed for the same period postinfestation.2015 October 13, “Scabies and Bacterial Superinfection among American Samoan Children, 2011–2012”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of postinfestation

From post- + infestation.

Questions about postinfestation

What does postinfestation mean?
Postinfestation means following infestation.
What part of speech is postinfestation?
Postinfestation can be an adjective or an adverb.

Words near postinfestation in the dictionary

  1. postinfectional
  2. postinfections
  3. postinfectious
  4. postinfectiously
  5. postinfective
  6. postinfestation
  7. postinfiltration
  8. postinflammatory
  9. postinflationary
  10. postinflectional
  11. postinfluenza

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