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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 substance, object, etc.) containing bacteria or other organisms that can cause disease: The virus can be spread through sexual contact and infected needles. After the operation the wound became infected. Fewer examples. Rabies is a viral disease that spreads when an infected animal bites another animal or a human.
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.
C1. to pass a disease to a person, animal, or plant: (be) infected with The ward was full of children infected with TB. All the tomato plants are infected with a virus. C2. If a place, wound, or substance is infected, it contains bacteria or other things that can cause disease: The meat had been infected by E coli bacteria.
adjective. 1. having a communicable disease. objects used by an infected person. a system to track infected animals. Scientists believe she became infected in Africa. As many as 15 million Americans are now infected with the tuberculosis bacterium. people who are infected with the virus. 2. contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms.
1. : to contaminate with a disease-producing substance or agent (such as bacteria) 2. a. : to communicate a pathogen or a disease to. b. of a pathogenic organism : to invade (an individual or organ) usually by penetration. c. of a computer virus : to become transmitted and copied to (a device, such as a computer) 3. a. : contaminate, corrupt.
Definition of infected adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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.
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.
