infected
adjective
uk/ɪnˈfek.tɪd/us/ɪnˈfek.tɪd/infectedadjective(DISEASE)
(of apersonoranimal)affectedby anorganismthat cancausedisease:
Scientistsbelievepeoplediedaftereatingmeatfrom infectedcattle.
20 millionAmericansbecameinfected with theinfluenzaand more than 500,000died.
(of asubstance,object, etc.)containingbacteriaor otherorganismsthat cancausedisease:
Theviruscan bespreadthroughsexualcontactand infectedneedles.
After theoperationthewoundbecameinfected.手术后伤口受到了感染。
- Rabies is aviraldiseasethatspreadswhen an infectedanimalbitesanotheranimalor ahuman.
- Theparasitesenterthebloodstreamwhen an infectedmosquitobitesahuman.
- 75peoplebecameinfected with Campylobacterbacteriafromdrinkingunpasteurizedmilk.
- SomemedicalpersonnelcontractedhepatitisC from infectedblood.
- Theplaguehad beenragingin thecityand theriverswere still infected.
Fevers & infectious diseases
- ague
- anthrax
- anti-malaria
- anti-malarial
- anti-plague
- anti-typhoid
- delirium
- fevered
- German measles
- glandular fever
- helicobacter pylori
- HPV
- Lassa fever
- leishmaniasis
- Lyme disease
- measles
- meningitis
- rheumatic fever
- sleeping sickness
- sunstroke
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Passing on illness & causing disease
infectedadjective(COMPUTER)
An infectedcomputerorfilecontainsacomputervirus(= aprogramthat canharmcomputersandtheirfiles):
Thevirusinstallsaprogramthatrecordsthe keystrokes of apersonusing an infectedcomputer.
Thevirusscannernotifiestheuserthat afileis infected.
Computer programming & software
- abandonware
- ad-blocker
- ad-blocking
- adware
- analytics
- cheat
- facial recognition
- facial recognition software
- femtech
- file system
- garbage collector
- infection
- planner
- routine
- software package
- spellchecker
- splash screen
- story mode
- syntactic
- syntactically