parainfectious
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From para- + infectious.
Adjective
[edit]parainfectious (comparative more parainfectious, superlative most parainfectious)
- Of or relating to parainfection.
- Accompanying, but not caused by, an infection.
- 2009, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, Ophthalmology, page 965:
- Parainfectious optic neuritis typically follows the onset of a viral infection by 1-3 weeks, but it also can occur as a postvaccination phenomenon.