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A transmission electron micrograph of the influenza virus, which infects humans.

(genetic biology)

Grammar: verb
verb forms: infects, infected, infecting
Definition:
~ to contaminate with a pathogenic microorganism or agent

~ to communicate a pathogen or disease to another organism

~ to invade and produce infection in an organ or body part
Example:
1. Viruses often have specific mechanisms to infect particular target cells.

2. During an infection, antigens stimulate B lymphocytes to temporarily activate the genes that encode defensive antibody proteins.
Related Word: infection (noun), infectious (adjective)

Search history: infect <- centromere <- Paramecium <- Sensory <- Gamete <- blueprint <- cytoplasm <- myosin