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Atomizer :: Atomizer (n.) One who, or that which, atomizes; esp., an instrument for reducing a liquid to spray for disinfecting, cooling, or perfuming..

Catching :: Catching (a.) Infectious; contagious.

Bejaundice :: Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.

Disinfection :: Disinfection (n.) The act of disinfecting; purification from infecting matter.

Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.

Spray :: Spray (v. t.) A jet of fine medicated vapor, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer..

Quarantine :: Quarantine (n.) Specifically, the term, originally of forty days, during which a ship arriving in port, and suspected of being infected a malignant contagious disease, is obliged to forbear all intercourse with the shore; hence, such restraint or inhibition of intercourse; also, the place where infected or prohibited vessels are stationed..

Execute :: Execute (v. t.) To infect capital punishment on; to put to death in conformity to a legal sentence; as, to execute a traitor..

Venenate :: Venenate (v. t.) To poison; to infect with poison.

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as, to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air..

Inoculate :: Inoculate (v. t.) To communicate a disease to ( a person ) by inserting infectious matter in the skin or flesh; as, to inoculate a person with the virus of smallpox,rabies, etc. See Vaccinate..

Anthrax :: Anthrax (n.) An infectious disease of cattle and sheep. It is ascribed to the presence of a rod-shaped bacterium (Bacillus anthracis), the spores of which constitute the contagious matter. It may be transmitted to man by inoculation. The spleen becomes greatly enlarged and filled with bacteria. Called also splenic fever..

Infectiously :: Infectiously (adv.) In an infectious manner.

Alexiteric :: Alexiteric (n.) A preservative against contagious and infectious diseases, and the effects of poison in general..

Venom :: Venom (n.) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.

Leprous :: Leprous (a.) Infected with leprosy; pertaining to or resembling leprosy.

Infection :: Infection (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.

Disinfected :: Disinfected (imp. & p. p.) of Disinfec.

Infected :: Infected (imp. & p. p.) of Infec.

Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To communicate to or affect with, as qualities or emotions, esp. bad qualities; to corrupt; to contaminate; to taint by the communication of anything noxious or pernicious..

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