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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
infect . - adjective referring to something that has received an infection
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- adjective containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
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Examples
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Based on how they set it up, it's safe to assume that the principle and the deputy were both infected from the coffee they drank at the baseball game, otherwise why show the shot of the sheriff dropping his coffee.
/Filmcast Ep. 89 - The Crazies (GUEST: Laremy Legel from Film.com) | /Film 2010
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My thought is, for reference, use the infected from the various incarnations of the ‘I am Legend’ movies.
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The virus is most concentrated in infected blood, serum, and wound exudates.
Hepatitis B 2010
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The main way a PC gets infected is when a viral flash drive gets inserted into its USB port.
Microsoft reports scareware decline, praise from hackers 2009
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The tragic case serves as a reminder that — as noted in our free Best Buy Drugs report — 4 million people in the U.S. are infected with hepatitis C, but the only way to know for sure if you're infected is a blood test.
Hepatitis C case underscores importance of testing, treatment 2010
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Valley Fever is a mild, flu-like ailment caused by breathing in infected dust.
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I thought the only way to get infected is through mosquito bites.
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Apparently, his time around McCain infected him with ‘flip-flopitis’.
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Valley Fever is a mild, flu-like ailment caused by breathing in infected dust.
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Whereas people who test positive for HIV remain infected for life, people who recover from Ebola are no longer contagious and are also protected from the disease in the future.
Disease-Hunting Scientist: Marta Guerra and Ebola ewillett 2009
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