[ɪnˈfɛkt], (Verb)

Definitions:
- affect (a person, animal, or plant) with a disease-causing organism
(e.g: pregnant women who may have been infected with the virus)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin infect- ‘tainted’, from the verb inficere, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’