infected
adjective
- cause something to have an infection, causing to become infected, have an infection
Wiktionary
adj
- Having an infection.
“The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.”
noun
- One who has an infection.
“I = the number of infecteds, the people who are currently sick”
“Some infecteds tried to pick their way through the debris, but shards of brick cut their bare feet.”
verb
- simple past and past participle of infect
“Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.”