infected

Thân thiện

The doctor examines the infected wound on the patient's arm.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms: Describes a person, tissue, wound, or substance that has been invaded and contaminated by harmful microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, or fungi.
   • Affected by a pathogen: Refers to a state where an organism or object has become a host to infectious agents, leading to or capable of causing disease.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • The doctor cleaned the infected wound to prevent the spread of bacteria.
  • She stayed home because her cut was infected and needed care.
  • The water supply became infected after the flood.

Advanced Usage

• "to become infected": to change from a clean or healthy state to one containing pathogens.
  • If you don't keep it clean, the scrape will become infected.
• "infected with": specifies the type of pathogen involved.
  • The patient was infected with a rare strain of the virus.
• Figurative Use: Sometimes used metaphorically to describe the spread of negative influences, such as corrupted data or harmful ideas.
  • The computer's files were infected by a malicious software program.

Variants and Related Words

• Infect (verb): to contaminate with a disease-causing organism.
  • The virus can infect people through close contact.
• Infection (noun): the process or state of being infected; a disease caused by microorganisms.
  • He is being treated for a serious infection.
• Infectious (adjective): (of a disease) capable of being spread by infection; also used to describe something that spreads quickly.
  • Her laughter was infectious and made everyone smile.

Synonyms

• Contaminated: made impure by contact or mixture.
• Septic: infected with microorganisms, especially bacteria; putrefying.
• Diseased: affected with or suffering from disease.

Antonyms

• Sterile: free from living microorganisms.
• Clean: free from dirt, marks, or stains; also free from contamination.
• Aseptic: free from contamination caused by harmful bacteria, viruses, or other microorganisms.

Related Phrases

• Carrier of infection: a person or animal that harbors a specific infectious agent without showing symptoms.
• Source of infection: the person, animal, object, or substance from which an infectious agent passes to a host.
• Secondary infection: an infection that occurs during or after treatment for another infection.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms
   • a septic sore throat
   • a septic environment
   • septic sewage

Từ đồng nghĩa

• septic