infected

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infected

  1. simple past and past participle of infect
    Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.

Adjective

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infected (comparative more infected, superlative most infected)

  1. Having an infection.
    The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.

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Noun

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infected (plural infecteds)

  1. One who has an infection.
    • 2017, Deborah Hughes-Hallett, Andrew M. Gleason, Patti Frazer Lock, Applied Calculus, page 427:
      I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick
    • 2019, Marcus Martin, Convulsive: The Complete Series:
      Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.