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adjective
- 1. (of a person, organism, etc.) affected with a disease-causing organism: "rabies results from a bite by an infected dog"
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(of a person or animal) affected by an organism that can cause disease: Scientists believe people died after eating meat from infected cattle. 20 million Americans became infected with the influenza and more than 500,000 died. (of a substance, object, etc.) containing bacteria or other organisms that can cause disease:
The meaning of INFECTED is having an infection : contaminated with an infective agent (such as a bacterium or virus). How to use infected in a sentence.
INFECT definition: 1. to pass a disease to a person, animal, or plant: 2. If a place, wound, or substance is…. Learn more.
adj. 1. (Medicine) having a communicable disease. 2. (Medicine) contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms. 3. (Medicine) used to describe a place where pathogenic microorganisms are causing a disease to spread among people, animals, or plants.
The meaning of INFECT is to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (such as bacteria). How to use infect in a sentence.
When someone's infected, they've been exposed to an organism that causes a disease. It's too late for an infected person to get a flu vaccine — they already have the flu. In some cases, bodies of water can be described as infected, or contaminated with bacteria that can make people sick.
1. a. : the state produced by the establishment of one or more pathogenic agents (such as a bacteria, protozoans, or viruses) in or on the body of a suitable host. an infection in his foot. b. : a disease resulting from infection. contagious infections. infections of childhood. 2. : an act or process of infecting something or someone.
used to describe a place where pathogenic microorganisms are causing a disease to spread among people, animals, or plants. Pending tests, thousands more chickens within a 16-kilometre radius of the infected farm were quarantined. In heavily infected areas, half the population become blind. Collins English Dictionary.
to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or condition unfavorably: to infect the air with poison gas. to corrupt or affect morally: The news of the gold strike infected him with greed. to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc. Synonyms: corrupt, damage.
verb. /ɪnˈfekt/ Verb Forms. to make a disease or an illness spread to a person, an animal or a plant. infect somebody/something (with something) It is not possible to infect another person through kissing. (be) infected with something people infected with the virus. Topics Health problems c1. Take your English to the next level.
