infected

in-fect-ed · adjective

imported

Definitions

adjective

  1. 1.

    Affected or contaminated by a disease-causing organism.

  2. 2.

    (Computing) Affected by a virus or malware.

  3. 3.

    (Past participle of infect) Having received or transmitted an infection.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    infected area — region affected by disease or contamination
  • •
    infected with — having caught a particular disease or virus

Related words

Antonyms: clean, healthy, uninfected
See also: infect, infection, infectious
Synonyms: contaminated, diseased, tainted

Etymology

From Latin infectus, past participle of inficere ("to stain, dye, corrupt"), from in- ("in") + facere ("to make, do").