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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
infected
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
be infected with a virus
▪ Thousands of people may already be infected with the virus.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
blood
▪ Now there are ways of making sure that infected blood isn't used in transfusions.
▪ Through infected blood and blood products entering the bloodstream.
cell
▪ In the next step enzymes native to the infected cell add two more phosphate groups to make acyclovir triphosphate.
▪ In most cases the infected cells eventually disintegrate and die, their own metabolism fatally disrupted by the presence of the virus.
▪ The disintegration of infected cells provides another mechanism for the release of newly-formed viruses.
▪ The strategy turned out to be successful, and the resultant recombinant viruses produced reasonably large amounts of HbsAg in infected cells.
▪ The simplest viruses rely on the enzymes of the infected cell to perform both protein synthesis and gene replication.
▪ Some viruses rely entirely on the enzymes of the infected cell to catalyse every step in the production of more viruses.
▪ Another possible point of attack is the final assembly of new viruses and their release from the infected cell.
individual
▪ Whereas non-infected individuals respond with largely type-specific responses, infected individuals respond with a profile distinctly different from the normal individual.
patient
▪ Furthermore diarrhoea or weight loss were absent in a considerable proportion of infected patients.
▪ Although most chronically infected patients appear to have clinically apparent hepatitis, a subclinical chronic carrier state also exists.
person
▪ Once-a-day activity with an infected person leads to infection on average within six weeks.
▪ Any infected person can pass the virus to others.
▪ During this stage, the infected person usually feels quite well.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ The cut on my foot became infected.
▪ The water here is infected with cholera.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Infected

Infect \In*fect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Infected; p. pr. & vb. n. Infecting.] [L. infectus, p. p. of inficere to put or dip into, to stain, infect; pref. in- in + facere to make; cf. F. infecter. See Fact.]

  1. To taint with morbid matter or any pestilential or noxious substance or effluvium by which disease is produced; as, to infect a lancet; to infect an apartment.

  2. To affect with infectious disease; to communicate infection to; as, infected with the plague.

    Them that were left alive being infected with this disease.
    --Sir T. North.

  3. To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious.
    --Cowper.

    Infected Ston's daughters with like heat.
    --Milton.

  4. (Law) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.

    Syn: To poison; vitiate; pollute; defile.

Wiktionary
infected
  1. Having an infection. v

  2. (en-past of: infect)

WordNet
infected
  1. adj. contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen [syn: contaminated, dirty, pestiferous]

  2. having undergone infection; "a purulent wound" [syn: purulent, pussy, putrid]

Wikipedia
Infected (The The album)

Infected is the second album by The The, released on Some Bizzare/ Epic Records on 17 November 1986. The album produced four UK singles, "Heartland", "Infected", "Slow Train to Dawn", and "Sweet Bird of Truth".

Infected (video game)

Infected is a third-person shooter for the PlayStation Portable, developed by Planet Moon Studios.

Infected (song)

"Infected" is a song written by Brett Gurewitz from the punk rock group Bad Religion. It was released in 1994 and appears on their eighth proper studio album Stranger Than Fiction. Along with " 21st Century (Digital Boy)", "Infected" is considered to be their breakthrough song, as it received airplay from modern rock radio stations.

During the 1990s, frontman Greg Graffin used to sing "don't be mad about it, Bobby", referring to then-drummer Bobby Schayer, instead of "don't be mad about it, baby".

Infected (2008 film)

Infected is a Canadian television Adventure Science-Fiction thriller film, which was directed by Adam Weissman.

Infected (2012 film)

Infected is an American science-fiction action-horror film.

Infected (novel)

Infected is a science fiction novel by author Scott Sigler. The novel was initially released in 2006 in podcast format with a print release in 2008 by Crown Publishing, with Sigler continuing to offer the podcast version online. The book was initially titled Infested, with the name changing in order to distance itself from a movie releasing with a similar title.

Infected (band)

Infected (typeset as iNFeCTeD) were an industrial, death metal band from Perth, Western Australia, which formed in 1992 with James Campbell on bass guitar, Joe Kapiteyn on vocals, Matthew Jefferson on guitar, and Gareth Morris on drums. After two self released cassettes they signed with Shock's metal label, Thrust Records. They released two albums, Crawlspace (1993) and Control (1995). After each album they toured Australia to promote the records. They supported international acts Morbid Angel, Fear Factory, Pungent Stench and Carcass on their tours in Australia. In 1996 Infected released another cassette and broke up in September.

Infected reformed in 2003 to record a new ep and again in 2008. After another shorter period of inactivity, 2009 saw the band play a Halloween show in Perth in support of a re-release of their album crawlspace through Western Australian label Prime Cuts Music.

Infected (HammerFall album)

Infected is the eighth studio album by the band HammerFall and was released on May 20, 2011, in Europe and June 7 of that same year in North America. It was their first album produced by James Michael and the HammerFall guitarists Oscar Dronjak and Pontus Norgren. To promote the record, the song " One More Time" was released as the first official single on April 6, 2011. On April 8, 2011, Nuclear Blast Records released a limited edition picture 7" version of the single "One More Time"; the vinyl was limited to 500 copies. The album entered the Swedish charts at number two.

The album's second single Send Me a Sign was released on May 6, 2011 with two tracks: "Send Me a Sign" and "Send Me A Sign (Instrumental)".
The album's third single B.Y.H was released on August 23, 2011 and it has two tracks: "B.Y.H." and "Hol van a szó (Send Me A Sign - Hungarian Version)".

Infected (The Walking Dead)

"Infected" is the second episode of the fourth season of the post-apocalyptic horror television series The Walking Dead, which aired on AMC on October 20, 2013. The episode was written by Angela Kang and directed by Guy Ferland. In the episode, an aggressive virus kills and reanimates many people into walkers, who attack the prison inhabitants. The survivors realize the gravity of the situation, just as walkers attack the prison's exterior, and Rick Grimes ( Andrew Lincoln) is confronted with abandoning his quiet lifestyle.

Usage examples of "infected".

She stated the only reason she went to the doctor was due to the abrasions on her knee getting infected.

Ganges to the Straits of Gibraltar, that they had no leisure for theological controversy: and though the Alcoran, the original monument of their faith, seems to contain some violent precepts, they were much less infected with the spirit of bigotry and persecution than the indolent and speculative Greeks, who were continually refining on the several articles of their religious system.

We are doing everything in our power to preserve the safety of domestic bees in apiaries in the infected areas.

Unlike Ebola, though, there have been reports of airborne transmission of two of the arenaviruses, so wearing protective clothing, especially an N95 respirator mask, is essential when around infected patients or patients suspected of having the infection.

Keeping pants tucked into socks, taking Atabrine tablets at mealtime, and spraying the island with DDT were all measures taken to help prevent the troops from getting infected.

This, as with barbiturates, is extremely dangerous when taken, if the user is infected or impaired.

The dye from his stocking infected the scratch and, bedad, his leg had to be sawed off.

Their whole life is bemired with vice, and their mouth articulates no other words than prudence and virtue, like those corrupt and infected doctors who have no indulgence for their patients.

Worlag ichor had infected the wound, and the biceps were twice the size they should be.

Every one suddenly appeared extremely busy, and kept as far from Boule de Suif as if tier skirts had been infected with some deadly disease.

I would say I had ringworm and Doctor Byk would not let me come in case I infected the other boys.

Bald and infected, quiet and cachectic, he was getting his life in order.

Tartars send soldiers infected with the plague over the wall in the siege of Caffa on the Black Sea.

The bite is painless, but scratch it comand scratch it you will comseveral hours later, and the welt will burst, bleed, and become infected unless immediately treated.

The strange figure who called himself Old Conc had spoiled and infected only a portion of their research.