uninfected
adjective
un·in·fect·ed
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Definition of uninfected
: free from infection : not infected
an uninfected wound an uninfected person
Examples of uninfected in a Sentence
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Infected humans can serve as a source of the virus for uninfected mosquitoes. — Abdur Rahman Jahangir, BostonGlobe.com, "Bangladesh grapples with country’s worst dengue outbreak," 31 July 2019 Infected humans can serve as a source of the virus for uninfected mosquitoes. — Washington Post, "Bangladesh grapples with country’s worst dengue outbreak," 31 July 2019 At the time, fish health experts determined salmon byproducts could carry the virus, which could then be transmitted to wild salmon, with potentially dire consequences for both wild fish and uninfected fish farms. — Andrew Hetherington, National Geographic, "Maine is running out of lobster bait. Is salmon the answer?," 1 May 2019 Infectious organisms might not be replacing host cells, but their spread could be limited by the availability of uninfected cells in tissues. — Quanta Magazine, "Why Don’t Patients Get Sick in Sync? Modelers Find Statistical Clues," 1 Mar. 2018 Other sites said proper treatment would almost eliminate her risk of transmitting the virus to her husband, who was uninfected, or their baby. — Jon Cohen, Science | AAAS, "Russia’s HIV/AIDS epidemic is getting worse, not better," 11 June 2018 It is transmitted when blood, semen or other bodily fluid from an infected person enters the body of an uninfected person. — USA TODAY, "5 kinds of hepatitis all attack one organ in the body," 29 May 2018 The best hope for that, at the moment, rests on a combination of vaccines to protect the uninfected and antiviral drugs to treat the infected, but the wrong mutation in the virus’ genome could render those weapons useless. — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, "Genghis Khan’s Mongol horde probably had rampant Hepatitis B," 11 May 2018 The virus is transmitted when infected saliva of a mammal is passed to an uninfected animal, or through brain or nervous system tissue, according to the CDC. — Brittany Britto, baltimoresun.com, "Explainer: On groundhogs, rabies and what we know (and don't know) about Carroll's rodents," 9 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'uninfected.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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uninfected
adjective
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Medical Definition of uninfected
: free from infection
an uninfected infant uninfected cells