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infect [in′fekt]

(medicine)

To cause an infection, as by contamination with or invasion by a pathogen.

(microbiology)

To cause a phage infection of bacteria.

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No references found			Meg stayed at home, lest she should infect the Kings, and kept house, feeling very anxious and a little guilty when she wrote letters in which no mention was made of Beth's illness. Little Women by Alcott, Louisa May View in context He have infect you, oh forgive me, my dear, that I must say such, but it is for good of you that I speak. Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context At last, as the light of the royal chamber faded away into darkness and gloom, something cold, gloomy, and inexplicable in its nature seemed to infect the air. The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context			infanta infante Infanticide infantile amaurotic familial idiocy infantile autism infantile celiac disease infantile cortical hyperostosis infantile diarrhea Infantile Dystrophy infantile eczema infantile genitalia infantile neuroaxonal dystrophy infantile paralysis infantile scurvy infantile sexuality infantile spasm Infantilism Infantry Infantry Combat Vehicle Infants Home Infanzones Infarct infarction Infauna infeasible path infect Infection infectious infectious abortion infectious anemia infectious arthritis Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis infectious bronchitis infectious canine hepatitis infectious chlorosis infectious conjunctivitis infectious disease Infectious Diseases infectious drug resistance infectious endocarditis Infectious Equine Anemia Infectious Equine Encephalomyelitis infectious hepatitis infectious laryngotracheitis Infectious Mononucleosis infectious myocarditis infectious myxomatosis infectious nucleic acid infectious papillomatosis Infectious Pleuropneumonia of Goats Infectious Rhinitis			INFB INFBD INFC INFCA INFCE INFCEP INFCI INFCIRC INFCO INFCTRL INFCU INFD INFDC INFDT/TS INFE infeasibility infeasibility infeasible infeasible infeasible path Infeasible Primal-Dual Path-Following Algorithm Infeasibleness infeasibly infeasibly Infección Respiratoria Aguda Baja Infecciones de Transmisión Sexual Infecciones del Sitio Quirúrgico infect infect with infected infected infected infected infected abortion infected abortion infected abortion infected abortion infected aneurysm infected aneurysm infected aneurysm Infected Cell Protein 0 Infected Cell Protein 22 Infected Cell Protein 8 Infected Erythrocyte Plasma Membrane infected hydronephrosis Infected Median Sternotomy Infected Mushroom Infected Quarters Treated Only Infected Red Blood Cell infected socket infected socket infected socket Infected-Cell Protein 4 Infecter Infectible Infectii Ale Cailor Respiratorii Superioare infecting infecting

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