infect

[ in-fekt ]

/ ɪnˈfɛkt /

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verb (used with object)

to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.

to affect with disease.

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.

to affect with a computer virus.

to affect so as to influence feeling or action: His courage infected the others.

Law. to taint with illegality, or expose to penalty, forfeiture, etc.

verb (used without object)

to become infected.

adjective

Archaic. infected.

Origin of infect

1350–1400; Middle English infecten < Latin infectus (past participle of inficere to immerse in dye, discolor, taint, poison), equivalent to in- in-² + -fec-, combining form of facere to do¹, make (see fact) + -tus past participle suffix

SYNONYMS FOR infect

5 damage, corrupt.

6 touch, stir, arouse.

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OTHER WORDS FROM infect

in·fect·ant, adjective in·fect·ed·ness, noun in·fec·tor, in·fect·er, noun non·in·fect·ed, adjective

non·in·fect·ing, adjective pre·in·fect, verb (used with object) re·in·fect, verb (used with object) un·in·fect·ed, adjective

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH infect

afflict infect inflict infect infest invest

Words nearby infect

infatuate, infatuated, infatuation, infauna, infeasible, infect, infected abortion, infectee, infection, infection immunity, infection-exhaustion psychosis

Example sentences from the Web for uninfected

The first trial will be conducted in 20 healthy, uninfected volunteers at the NIH in Bethesda, Maryland.

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This is being developed for the billions of uninfected people.

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Nor will it work for uninfected persons who are exposed sexually.

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The infected shellfish do not appear or taste differently than uninfected shellfish; the toxin can only be detected in a lab.

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Letters from plague-ridden shores are fitted for the perusal of the uninfected by fumigation and other mysterious processes.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 |Various
If they prove to be uninfected they can be processed for meat storage.

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The railway mania of 1845 of course did not leave Worcestershire uninfected.

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The improvement of Group A—uninfected children—proved to be greatest, and was taken as 100 per cent.

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They are content with their country, and faithful to their chiefs, and yet uninfected with the fever of migration.

A Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland |Samuel Johnson

British Dictionary definitions for uninfected (1 of 2)

uninfected

/ (ˌʌnɪnˈfɛktɪd) /

adjective

(of a person, wound, etc) not having been contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms

British Dictionary definitions for uninfected (2 of 2)

infect

/ (ɪnˈfɛkt) /

verb (mainly tr)

to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms

(also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease

to taint, pollute, or contaminate

to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion

computing to affect with a computer virus

mainly international law to taint with crime or illegality; expose to penalty or subject to forfeiture

adjective

archaic contaminated or polluted with or as if with a disease; infected

Derived forms of infect

infector or infecter, noun

Word Origin for infect

C14: from Latin inficere to dip into, stain, from facere to make

Medical definitions for uninfected

infect

[ ĭn-fĕkt′ ]

v.

To contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent.

To communicate a pathogen or disease to another organism.

To invade and produce infection in an organ or body part.

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