infect /in-fektˈ/

1. To taint, esp with disease
2. To introduce pathogenic microorganisms into
3. To corrupt
4. To spread to
5. To affect successively
6. To inflict with a virus (computing)

Tainted

infecˈtion /-shən/ noun

1. The act or process of infecting
2. That which infects or taints
3. An infectious disease

infecˈtious /-shəs/ or infecˈtive /-tiv/ adjective

1. (of a disease) able to be transmitted by infection
2. Caused by infection
3. Corrupting
4. Apt or likely to spread to others

infecˈtiously adverb

infecˈtiousness noun

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