infect
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
According to Boeck, the method could help doctors select antibiotic therapies that are better matched to the specific bacterial strain infecting each patient.
From Science Daily
When influenza goes into a cell, it replicates and new viral particles then leave to infect other cells.
Despite close contact, none of the healthy participants became infected.
From Science Daily
This chemical modification unexpectedly helps the fungus infect beetles, especially those that previously fed on spruce tissue rich in phenolic compounds.
From Science Daily
HHV-6B infects roughly 90 percent of children by age two and is best known for causing roseola infantum -- or "sixth disease" -- the most common cause of febrile seizures in young children.
From Science Daily
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
