infect English
Verb
( en verb)
To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen).
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, volume=101, issue=3, page=193, magazine=( American Scientist)
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To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion.
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Antonyms
* disinfect
Derived terms
* infection
* infectible
Related terms
* infectious
Adjective
( -)
(obsolete) Infected.
* 1602 , , I. iii. 187:
- And in the imitation of these twain, / Who, as Ulysses says, opinion crowns / With an imperial voice, many are infect .
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infection Noun
( en noun)
(pathology) The act or process of infecting.
An uncontrolled growth of harmful microorganisms in a host.
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, page=5 (Technology Quarterly), magazine=( The Economist)
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Related terms
* infect
* infected
* infectable
Derived terms
* spurious infection
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