Definition of infect

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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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Chlorine :: Chlorine (n.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4..
Infectious :: Infectious (a.) Corrupting, or tending to corrupt or contaminate; vitiating; demoralizing..
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..
Catch :: Catch (v. t.) To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire..
Infect :: Infect (v. t.) To contaminate with illegality or to expose to penalty.
Bejaundice :: Bejaundice (v. t.) To infect with jaundice.
Infection :: Infection (n.) The state of being infected; contamination by morbific particles; the result of infecting influence; a prevailing disease; epidemic.
Bacterium :: Bacterium (n.) A microscopic vegetable organism, belonging to the class Algae, usually in the form of a jointed rodlike filament, and found in putrefying organic infusions. Bacteria are destitute of chlorophyll, and are the smallest of microscopic organisms. They are very widely diffused in nature, and multiply with marvelous rapidity, both by fission and by spores. Certain species are active agents in fermentation, while others appear to be the cause of certain infectious diseases. See Bacillus
Stinkpot :: Stinkpot (n.) A vessel in which disinfectants are burned.
Disinfector :: Disinfector (n.) One who, or that which, disinfects; an apparatus for applying disinfectants..
Miasma :: Miasma (n.) Infectious particles or germs floating in the air; air made noxious by the presence of such particles or germs; noxious effluvia; malaria.
Disinfectant :: Disinfectant (n.) That which disinfects; an agent for removing the causes of infection, as chlorine..
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..
Taint :: Taint (v. t.) To imbue or impregnate with something extraneous, especially with something odious, noxious, or poisonous; hence, to corrupt; to infect; to poison; as, putrid substance taint the air..
Infectiously :: Infectiously (adv.) In an infectious manner.
Infection :: Infection (n.) Sympathetic communication of like qualities or emotions; influence.
Fomes :: Fomes (n.) Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites..
Taint :: Taint (v. i.) To be infected or corrupted; to be touched with something corrupting.
Leperous :: Leperous (a.) Leprous; infectious; corrupting; poisonous.
Alexipharmic :: Alexipharmic (n.) An antidote against poison or infection; a counterpoison.
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