INFECTED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infected mean? 

• INFECTED (adjective)
  The adjective INFECTED has 1 sense:

1. containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

  Familiarity information: INFECTED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFECTED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms

Synonyms:

infected; septic

Context example:

septic sewage

Similar:

abscessed (infected and filled with pus)

dirty; pestiferous (contaminated with infecting organisms)

contaminative (making impure by contact or mixing)

purulent; pussy (containing pus)

infectious; infective (caused by infection or capable of causing infection)

putrefacient; putrefactive (causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction)

septicemic (characteristic of septicemia)

Also:

unhealthful (detrimental to good health)

germy (full of germs or pathological microorganisms)

 Context examples 

The siEbola-3 agent is currently being administered to Ebola-infected patients in Sierra Leone in a phase 2 study.

(Lipid Nanoparticle Therapeutic Treats Ebola in Monkeys, NIH)

Mammalian cells that become infected by viruses and other pathogens release signaling proteins called interferons.

(Scientists Discover How Antiviral Gene Works, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Type of cytotoxic leukocytes which attack and kill virus-infected or neoplastic cells independent of antibody coating or MHC restriction; may be derived from lymphocytes or monocytes.

(Natural killer cell, NIH CRISP Thesaurus)

A fetus that acquires the virus from its ZIKV-infected mother during pregnancy can develop microcephaly and other serious abnormalities.

(Zika virus selectively infects and kills glioblastoma cells in mice, National Institutes of Health)

And she warned that it may be necessary to assess the memory of patients infected after a few years.

(Zika virus found to harm adults’ memory and motor system, Agência Brasil/EBC)

Leishmaniasis is caused by protozoan Leishmania parasites which are transmitted by the bite of infected female phlebotomine sandflies.

(Study uncovers cause of aggressive leishmaniasis strain, SciDev.Net)

NK Cell Activation involves interaction with virus-infected or transformed cells by diverse adhesion or co-stimulatory molecules and release of cytokines, chemokines, and lethal chemicals from granules.

(NK Cell Activation, NCI Thesaurus)

Along with macrophages, neutrophils are crucial phagocytotic cells of the immune system and also contribute to anti-viral defenses, binding to and eliminating free virus or virus-infected cells.

(Neutrophil Surface Molecule Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Researchers also irradiated each batch of mosquitoes to sterilise any females left in the mix, because releasing Wolbachia-infected females has been shown to undermine the technique.

(Mosquitos rendered infertile by biological engineering, SciDev.Net)

More than 35 million people worldwide are infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.

(The Structure and Dynamics of HIV Surface Spikes, NIH)