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preinfected

preinfected adjective: infected in advance.

Adjective

preinfected (not comparable)

  1. infected in advance
    • When confluent growth was achieved, the cells were infected with trypomastigotes (1 × 10 7 parasites/ml) that were obtained from preinfected cultures.2015 December 8, “The Combination of Vitamin K 3 and Vitamin C Has Synergic Activity against Forms of Trypanosoma cruzi through a Redox Imbalance Process”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of preinfected

From pre- + infected.

Questions about preinfected

What does preinfected mean?
Preinfected means infected in advance.
What part of speech is preinfected?
Preinfected is an adjective.

Words near preinfected in the dictionary

  1. preindustrial
  2. preindustrialization
  3. preindustrially
  4. preindustry
  5. preinfarction
  6. preinfected
  7. preinfection
  8. preinfectional
  9. preinfections
  10. preinfectious
  11. preinfective

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