infected
English
editPronunciation
editVerb
editinfected
- simple past and past participle of infect
- Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.
Adjective
editinfected (comparative more infected, superlative most infected)
- Having an infection.
- The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.
Derived terms
editTranslations
edithaving an infection
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Noun
editinfected (plural infecteds)
- One who has an infection.
- 2017, Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, Patti Frazer Lock, Applied Calculus, page 427:
- I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick
- 2019, Marcus Martin, Convulsive: The Complete Series:
- Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.