in‧fect‧ed /ɪnˈfektəd, ɪnˈfektɪd/
adjective [
Word Family: noun:
infection,
disinfectant;
adjective:
infectious,
infected;
verb:
infect ≠
disinfect;
adverb:
infectiously]
1. a part of your body or a wound that is infected has harmful
bacteria in it which prevent it from
healing ⇒
disinfect:
an infected finger Clean the wound so it doesn’t get infected.2. food, water etc that is infected contains
bacteria that spread disease
3. if a computer or
disk is infected, the information in or on it has been changed or destroyed by a computer
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