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- Dictionaryinfect/ɪnˈfɛkt/
verb
- 1. affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism: "pregnant women who may have been infected with the virus" Similar
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INFECT definition: 1. to pass a disease to a person, animal, or plant: 2. If a place, wound, or substance is…. Learn more.
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.
Infect definition: to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.. See examples of INFECT used in a sentence.
To infect is to spread an illness to another person. If you sneeze on your friend, you may inadvertently infect her with your germs. When a disease moves from person to person, it infects them.
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.
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.
verb (mainly tr) 1. to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms. 2. (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease. 3. to taint, pollute, or contaminate. 4. to affect, esp adversely, as if by contagion.
1. (Pathology) to cause infection in; contaminate (an organism, wound, etc) with pathogenic microorganisms. 2. (Pathology) (also intr) to affect or become affected with a communicable disease.
infect meaning, definition, what is infect: to give someone a disease: Learn more.
Definitions of 'infect' 1. To infect people, animals, or plants means to cause them to have a disease or illness. [...] 2. To infect a substance or area means to cause it to contain harmful germs or bacteria. [...] 3. When people, places, or things are infected by a feeling or influence, it spreads to them. [...] More. Conjugations of 'infect'
