🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

autoinfezione

Pronunciation / Transliteration: awtoinfezjoːne

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Autoinfection/ˌɔː.toʊ.ɪnˈfɛk.ʃən/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"L'autoinfezione è comune in alcune parassitosi intestinali."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An infection caused by a pathogen already present in the body, typically resulting from the transfer of the infectious agent from one part of the body to another.

    "Poor hygiene can lead to autoinfection in patients harboring intestinal parasites."
  2. 2

    A condition in which a patient with an existing infection reinfects themselves with the same microorganism.

    "The physician noted that secondary skin lesions were the result of autoinfection from scratching."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek prefix 'auto-' meaning 'self' combined with 'infection', originating from Late Latin 'infectio'. It entered medical nomenclature in the late 19th century to describe pathological conditions where a host is re-infected by an infectious agent already present within its own body.

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