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INFECTED

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

Example:

septic sewage

Synonyms:

infected; septic

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

abscessed (infected and filled with pus)

dirty; pestiferous (contaminated with infecting organisms)

contaminative (making impure by contact or mixing)

purulent; pussy (containing pus)

infectious; infective (caused by infection or capable of causing infection)

putrefacient; putrefactive (causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction)

septicemic (characteristic of septicemia)

Also:

unhealthful (detrimental to good health)

germy (full of germs or pathological microorganisms)

 II. (verb) 

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Past simple / past participle of the verb infect

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 Context examples: 

Types of cancer that are more likely to occur in people who are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

(AIDS-related cancer, NCI Dictionary)

A drug used with another drug, ritonavir, to treat patients who are infected with HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) and have been treated with other anti-HIV drugs.

(Aptivus, NCI Dictionary)

Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections with medications that target the virus directly, limiting the ability of infected cells to produce new HIV particles.

(Anti-HIV Therapy, NCI Thesaurus)

Arildone interacts directly with the poliovirus capsid and prevents uncoating in infected cells.

(Arildone, NCI Thesaurus)

You can get rabies from an infected dog or toxoplasmosis from handling kitty litter of an infected cat.

(Animal Diseases and Your Health, NIH)

A type of immune cell that has granules (small particles) with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or cells infected with a virus.

(Natural killer cell, NCI Dictionary)

Some CD8 cells recognize and kill cancerous cells and those infected by intracellular pathogens (some bacteria, viruses and mycoplasma) and they are called cytotoxic T-lymphocytes

(Murine CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, NCI Thesaurus)

If a wound appears to be infected, see a health care provider.

(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

Those persons infected have impaired vision and up to 20% are blind.

(Ocular Onchocerciasis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Specifically designed to detect recently infected individuals during the latency period before seroconversion.

(Nucleic Acid Amplification Test, NCI Thesaurus)