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Definition of Infected
1. Adjective. Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms. "Septic sewage"
Also: Unhealthful, Germy
Similar to: Abscessed, Dirty, Pestiferous, Contaminative, Purulent, Pussy, Infectious, Infective, Putrefacient, Putrefactive, Septicemic
Antonyms: Antiseptic
Derivative terms: Sepsis
Definition of Infected
1. Verb. (past of infect) ¹
2. Adjective. referring to something that has received an infection ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Infected
1. infect [v] - See also: infect
Medical Definition of Infected
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Infected
Literary usage of Infected
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of the Statistical Society of London by Statistical Society (Great Britain) (1878)
"milk, which is infected, and 28 otherwise supplied, not one of whom is infected.
" in Lynedoch Crescent there are 2 families supplied with suspected milk, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"It is only when they have not been thus wintered that" apprehension is felt that
they may be infected with the disease and spread it among other cattle. ..."
3. Annual Report by Illinois Farmers' Institute (1916)
"swine or swine from cholera infected premises at the public stock yards, that
is, to prevent cholera infected swine and healthy swine, as well as cattle and ..."
4. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1898)
"Several authors have given brief descriptions of deposits of pigment found hy
them in the tissues of birds which had for some length of time been infected ..."
5. Annual Report by Indiana State Board of Health (1885)
"No infected hog should, under any circumstances, be used as human food. It may
be used for other purposes, not quite so valuable, which will prevent a total ..."
6. Biennial Report by Oregon Board of Horticulture (1921)
"If, after such examination or inspection, any of said articles are found so
infected or infested, then it shall be the duty of the owner, owners, ..."
7. Biennial Report by California Dept. of Agriculture, California State Commission of Horticulture (1899)
"infected FRUIT IN OUR MARKETS. The State Fruit-Growers' Convention, held at
Riverside on April 15, 1898, after a thorough discussion of the question, ..."
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