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cross-infecting

cross-infecting is the present participle and gerund of cross-infect.

Meaning of cross-infect

Verb

cross-infect (third-person singular simple present cross-infects, present participle cross-infecting, simple past and past participle cross-infected)

  1. To transfer an infection from one person to another.

Questions about cross-infecting

What is cross-infecting the present participle and gerund of?
Cross-infecting is the present participle and gerund of cross-infect.

Words near cross-infecting in the dictionary

  1. cross-indexed
  2. cross-indexes
  3. cross-indexing
  4. cross-infect
  5. cross-infected
  6. cross-infecting
  7. cross-infection
  8. cross-infections
  9. cross-infects
  10. cross-inhibition
  11. cross-inhibitory

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