Usually means: Acquiring the same infection again.
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We found 15 dictionaries that define the word reinfection:

General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. reinfection: Merriam-Webster
  2. reinfection: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reinfection: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reinfection: Collins English Dictionary
  5. reinfection: Wordnik
  6. reinfection: Wiktionary
  7. reinfection: Dictionary.com
  8. reinfection: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reinfection: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. reinfection: Encyclopedia

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. reinfection: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Reinfection: MedFriendly Glossary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. reinfection: Medical dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (reinfection)

▸ noun:  Another infection, another instance of being infected

Similar:
reinfestation, recontamination, reinoculation, reincubation, reinflammation, reulceration, reparasitization, reintoxication, reincursion, retransfection, more...

Opposite:
immunity, resistance, protection

Types:
superinfection, more...

Phrases:
reinfection tuberculosis, more...

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Similar:
reinfestation, recontamination, reinoculation, reincubation, reinflammation, reulceration, reparasitization, reintoxication, reincursion, retransfection, more...

Opposite:
immunity, resistance, protection

Types:
superinfection, more...

Phrases:
reinfection tuberculosis, more...



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