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infected







ADJECTIVE
poisoned
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One particularly important challenge involved detecting the DNA produced by type VI retrons in cells that had not been infected.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

The only contact many children maintain with their infected parents comes through photographs and videos taken by healthcare workers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026

Shav is a disease that primarily affects cattle and can be spread by infected midges.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

At the war’s end, Mignon escaped to a displaced-persons camp in Bavaria, Germany, where she nearly died of an infected gallbladder and typhus.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

It might be that the infected child would be given a clean bill next examination.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith


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