1. to infect again with a disease or pathogen
Usage: medical

Examples

• The patient was careful not to reinfect the wound.
• Poor hygiene can cause bacteria to reinfect the surgical site.
• The virus may reinfect people who have recovered from the initial illness.
• Doctors warned that the same parasite could reinfect travelers returning to endemic areas.
• Without proper treatment, the infection will likely reinfect the tissue.
• The contaminated water supply continued to reinfect the local population.