| infected | | |
| adj. | 1. infected, septic | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage" |
| ~ unhealthful | detrimental to good health.; "unhealthful air pollution"; "unhealthful conditions in old apartments with peeling lead-based paint" |
| ~ abscessed | infected and filled with pus.; "an abscessed tooth" |
| ~ pestiferous, dirty | contaminated with infecting organisms.; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms" |
| ~ contaminative | making impure by contact or mixing. |
| ~ purulent, pussy | containing pus.; "a purulent wound" |
| ~ infectious, infective | caused by infection or capable of causing infection.; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" |
| ~ putrefacient, putrefactive | causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction. |
| ~ septicemic | characteristic of septicemia.; "a septicemic temperature curve" |
| ~ germy | full of germs or pathological microorganisms.; "the water in New York harbor is oily and dirty and germy" |
| taint | | |
| n. (state) | 1. contamination, taint | the state of being contaminated. |
| ~ impureness, impurity | the condition of being impure. |
| ~ dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust. |
| v. (contact) | 2. cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.; "sully someone's reputation" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| v. (body) | 3. infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. |
| ~ superinfect | infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms. |
| ~ smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. |
| ~ contaminate, pollute, foul | make impure.; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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