infect
verb (used with object)
to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
infectant
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a word derived from
infect.
Example Sentences
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The physicians of this country have been occupied this winter in discussing the discovery by one of their number of the active infectant in fever and ague.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
