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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A second infection that follows recovery from a previous infection by the same causative agent.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Infection a second time or subsequently.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Another infection, another instance of being infected

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