parainfectious

adj — 2 senses

adj

Etymology From para- + infectious.

Of or relating to parainfection.

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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