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ALL meanings of infected

in·fect
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  • noun infected Affect (a person, organism, cell, etc.) with a disease-causing organism. 1
  • adjective infected organism: contaminated 1
  • adjective infected person: affected by contagion 1
  • verb with object infected to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs. 1
  • verb with object infected to affect with disease. 1
  • verb with object infected to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or condition unfavorably: to infect the air with poison gas. 1
  • verb with object infected to corrupt or affect morally: The news of the gold strike infected him with greed. 1
  • verb with object infected to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc. 1
  • verb with object infected to affect with a computer virus. 1
  • verb with object infected to affect so as to influence feeling or action: His courage infected the others. 1
  • verb with object infected Law. to taint with illegality, or expose to penalty, forfeiture, etc. 1
  • verb without object infected to become infected. 1
  • adjective infected Archaic. infected. 1
  • adjective infected An infected place is one where germs or bacteria are causing a disease to spread among people or animals. 0
  • verb infected simple past tense and past participle of infect. 0
  • adjective infected having a communicable disease 0
  • adjective infected Having an infection. 0
  • adjective infected contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms 0
  • adjective infected used to describe a place where pathogenic microorganisms are causing a disease to spread among people, animals, or plants 0
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