Definition

1. Verb:
   • To be infected by: To acquire a disease or pathogenic agent from an external source, often through contact or exposure. It implies the process of a pathogen entering and establishing itself within a host organism.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bệnh nhân có thể cảm nhiễm virus qua đường hô hấp. (The patient can be infected by the virus through the respiratory tract.)
  • Trẻ em dễ cảm nhiễm các bệnh truyền nhiễm ở trường học. (Children are susceptible to being infected by infectious diseases at school.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is primarily used in medical, epidemiological, or formal biological contexts to describe the specific event of pathogen acquisition.

Variants and Related Words

• Sự cảm nhiễm (n): The state or process of infection.

  • Sự cảm nhiễm xảy ra khi hệ miễn dịch suy yếu. (Infection occurs when the immune system is weakened.)

• Khả năng cảm nhiễm (n): Susceptibility to infection.

  • Khả năng cảm nhiễm của cộng đồng rất cao. (The community's susceptibility to infection is very high.)

Synonyms

• To contract: To acquire or become affected by (a disease).
• To become infected with: To have a pathogen invade and multiply within the body.

Related Terms

• Mầm bệnh (n): Pathogen. The agent that causes infection.
• Tác nhân gây bệnh (n): Disease-causing agent.

1. To be infected by