Home › Words › C › coinfectioncoinfectioncoinfection means 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.EtymologyFrom co- + infection.nounSimultaneous 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.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.copathogen 72% match — A pathogen coexistent with another in the same host, yielding coinfection. vs coinfection →coinfected 69% match — Simultaneously infected by two or more organisms. vs coinfection →copathogenesis 69% match — pathogenesis in combination with another organism vs coinfection →coinfective 66% match — infective along with another vs coinfection →coinfect 65% match — To infect jointly. vs coinfection →coinfectant 64% match — Something that infects along with another vs coinfection →copathology 63% match — A pathosis that occurs along with another vs coinfection →copathogenic 62% match — Of or relating to a copathogen. vs coinfection →