infected
adjective
[ ɪnˈfɛktɪd ]
• (of a person, organism, etc.) affected with a disease-causing organism.
• "rabies results from a bite by an infected dog"
infect
verb
• affect (a person, organism, etc.) with a disease-causing organism.
• "pregnant women who may have been infected with the virus"
Similar:
pass infection to,
transmit infection to,
spread disease to,
contaminate,
cause infection in,
cause disease in,
Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’.
