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parainfectious en · ADJ

Etymology

From para- + infectious.

Meanings

1. Of or relating to parainfection.
2. Accompanying, but not caused by, an infection.
   • Parainfectious optic neuritis typically follows the onset of a viral infection by 1-3 weeks, but it also can occur as a postvaccination phenomenon. 2009, Myron Yanoff, Jay S. Duker, James J. Augsburger, Ophthalmology, page 965:

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