infected Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb communicate a disease to
   infect.
   
   • Your children have infected you with this head cold
2. verb contaminate with a disease or microorganism
   infect; taint.
   
3. verb corrupt with ideas or an ideology
   infect.
   
   • society was infected by racism
4. verb affect in a contagious way
   infect.
   
   • His laughter infects everyone who is in the same room
5. adjective containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
   septic.
   
   • a septic sore throat
   • a septic environment
   • septic sewage

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