infect
verb (used with object)
to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs.
noninfected
-
a word derived from
infect.
Example Sentences
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A study conducted by the National Institutes of Health, which compared individuals recovered from COVID-19 with noninfected controls, found no significant long-term differences in immune function.
From Slate ● Dec. 5, 2022
Department of Veterans Affairs data collected from March 1, 2020 through April 6, 2022 on 443,588 patients with one SARS-CoV-2 infection, 40,947 with two or more infections, and 5.3 million noninfected individuals.
From Reuters ● Nov. 10, 2022
Infected killifish, researchers have found, are 10 to 30 times more likely to be eaten by a bird than noninfected ones.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2022
To keep the infected and noninfected apart, “you’re literally talking about moving literally hundreds of people every day.”
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2020
When Texas fever has broken out, all animals, the sick as well as the healthy, should at once be removed to a noninfected pasture.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
