English-Finnish translations for infect

• tartuttaa
  Tämä erittäin tarttuva, ilman mukana kulkeutuva bakteeri voi tartuttaa 10-15 muuta ihmistä ennen oireiden havaitsemista. This highly contagious, airborne bacterium can infect ten to fifteen other people before the symptoms are noticed.
  Vertaisin sitä virukseen, joka ei ole tarpeeksi vaarallinen tappamaan kantajaa mutta heikentää häntä ja tartuttaa mahdollisesti muut. I would like to compare it to a virus - not dangerous enough to kill the bearer, but definitely weakening him and with the potential to infect others.

Definition of infect

• To bring into contact with a substance that causes illness (a pathogen
• To make somebody enthusiastic about one's own passion
• Infected

Examples

• Not everyone will be infected when an epidemic strikes
• Her passion for dancing has infected me

Related words

• infectious
• disinfectant
• disinfection
• disinfect
• infection
• infectiousness
• infecting
• infected
• disinfecting