Transcription
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
-
- [in-fekt]
- /ɪnˈfɛkt/
- /ˌə.ˌnɪn.ˈfek.təd/
-
- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
-
- [in-fekt]
- /ɪnˈfɛkt/
Definitions of uninfected word
- verb with object uninfected to affect or contaminate (a person, organ, wound, etc.) with disease-producing germs. 1
- verb with object uninfected to affect with disease. 1
- verb with object uninfected to taint or contaminate with something that affects quality, character, or condition unfavorably: to infect the air with poison gas. 1
- verb with object uninfected to corrupt or affect morally: The news of the gold strike infected him with greed. 1
- verb with object uninfected to imbue with some pernicious belief, opinion, etc. 1
- verb with object uninfected to affect with a computer virus. 1
Information block about the term
Origin of uninfected
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English infecten < Latin infectus (past participle of inficere to immerse in dye, discolor, taint, poison), equivalent to in- in-2 + -fec-, combining form of facere to do1, make (see fact) + -tus past participle suffix
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Uninfected
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
uninfected popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.
uninfected usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for uninfected
adj uninfected
adjective uninfected
- aseptic — free from living pathogenic organisms; sterile
- clarified — Clarified butter has been made clear by being heated.
- decontaminated — Simple past tense and past participle of decontaminate.
- disinfected — to cleanse (rooms, wounds, clothing, etc.) of infection; destroy disease germs in.
See also
Matching words
- Words starting with u
- Words starting with un
- Words starting with uni
- Words starting with unin
- Words starting with uninf
- Words starting with uninfe
- Words starting with uninfec
- Words starting with uninfect
- Words starting with uninfecte
- Words starting with uninfected