Home › Words › A › autoinfectautoinfectautoinfect means to infect via autoinfection.EtymologyFrom auto- + infect.verbTo infect via autoinfection.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.autoinfective 83% match — That leads to autoinfection vs autoinfect →autoinoculate 78% match — To cause or to undergo autoinoculation. vs autoinfect →autoreinfection 74% match — A second autoinfection vs autoinfect →autoinfection 73% match — The infection of a primary host with a parasite, particularly a helminth, in such a way that the complete life cycle of the parasite happens in a single organism, without the involvement of another host. vs autoinfect →autoinoculation 68% match — inoculation into oneself (as of modified cells) vs autoinfect →autodisseminate 67% match — To disseminate via autodissemination vs autoinfect →autoinoculable 67% match — Capable of autoinoculation vs autoinfect →autoeciously 64% match — In an autoecious manner. vs autoinfect →