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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.
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.
The meaning of INFECT is to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (such as bacteria). How to use infect in a sentence.
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.
Definition of infected adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. infected. adjective. /ɪnˈfektɪd/ affected by harmful bacteria, a virus, etc. The wound from the dog bite had become infected. an infected water supply. patients who are infected with this virus. Topics Health problems c1. Oxford Collocations Dictionary.
