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Bookmark or Share- INFECT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionaryto 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.
- Infection Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. 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.
- Infect Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster1. : 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 & Meaning - Dictionary.comto 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.
- INFECT definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionaryverb (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.
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