Usually means: Simultaneous infection of host by multiple pathogens.
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  1. coinfection: Merriam-Webster
  2. coinfection: Wordnik
  3. coinfection: Wiktionary
  4. coinfection: Dictionary.com
  5. Coinfection: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. coinfection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. AIDSinfo Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  5. Glossary of HIV/AIDS Related Terms (No longer online)
  6. coinfection: Medical dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (coinfection)

noun:  Simultaneous infection by two pathogens (a pair of copathogens), any combination of viruses and/or bacteria; often one infection is a secondary bacterial infection that gets its opportunity from the effects of the (viral or bacterial) first one.

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