infected

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(of a person or animal) affected by an organism that can cause disease:

Scientists believe people died after eating meat from infected cattle.

20 million Americans became infected with the influenza and more than 500,000 died.

(of a substance, object, etc.) containing bacteria or other organisms that can cause disease:

The virus can be spread through sexual contact and infected needles.

After the operation the wound became infected.

An infected computer or file contains a computer virus (= a program that can harm computers and their files):

The virus installs a program that records the keystrokes of a person using an infected computer.

The virus scanner notifies the user that a file is infected.