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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesautoinfectieux
Pronunciation / Transliteration: o-tɔ-ɛ̃-fɛk-sjø
"Ce type de parasite peut provoquer un cycle autoinfectieux."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Relating to or characterized by auto-infection, where a person is infected again by a pathogen already existing inside their own body.
"Certain parasitic conditions can be highly autoinfectious if strict personal hygiene is not maintained." - 2
Capable of causing self-infection through the transfer of microorganisms from one part of the body to another.
"The scratching of lesions often leads to autoinfectious spread to adjacent areas of the skin."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Greek prefix 'auto-' (meaning self) combined with the Late Latin 'infectiosus', originating from 'inficere' (to taint or dye). The modern medical sense emerged in the late 19th century to describe conditions where a host is reinfected by an infectious agent already present within their own body.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Autoinfectious" is said worldwide
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autoinfectieux
Transliteration: o-tɔ-ɛ̃-fɛk-sjø
"Ce type de parasite peut provoquer un cycle autoinfectieux."
autoinfektioy
Transliteration: ɔʊtoʊɪnfɛkˈtsi̯oːs
Script: autoinfektios
"Eine autoinfektöse Übertragung kommt bei bestimmten Parasiten vor."
autoinfettivo
Transliteration: aw.to.in.fetˈti.vo
"Il processo patologico può risultare autoinfettivo in pazienti immunodepressi."
autoinfeccioso
Transliteration: aw.to.in.fekˈsjo.so
"El ciclo biológico del parásito es autoinfeccioso."
autoinfecioso
Transliteration: aw.tu.ĩ.fɛ.ˈsi.u
"Algumas helmintíases apresentam um caráter autoinfecioso notável."
स्व-संक्रामक
Transliteration: sva-sankramak
"यह परजीवी संक्रमण स्व-संक्रामक हो सकता है।"
自身感染的
Transliteration: zìshēn gǎnrǎn de
"这种寄生虫病具有自身感染的特性。"
자가감염성의
Transliteration: jaga-gam-yeom-seong-ui
"해당 기생충은 자가감염성의 특징을 보입니다."
自家感染性の
Transliteration: jika kan-sen-sei no
"この寄生虫の感染経路は自家感染性を持つことがあります。"
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