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infector

/ɪnˈfɛk.təɹ/

infector noun: something that infects; that which causes infection.

Noun

infector (plural infectors)

  1. Something that infects; that which causes infection.
    • That's when a rapidly proliferating virus from Israel dubbed Jerusalem bogged down computers around the world, and Brain--a "boot-sector infector" from Pakistan that hit MS-DOS systems--went on a rampage.2000 September 15, Robert Koenig, “COMPUTER SCIENCE: Flushing Out Nasty Viruses in the Balkans”, in Science, volume 289, number 5486, →DOI, pages 1863–1865

Forms of infector

pluralinfectors

Origin of infector

From infect + -or.

Words formed from infector

Questions about infector

What does infector mean?
Infector means something that infects; that which causes infection.
What part of speech is infector?
Infector is a noun.
How do you pronounce infector?
Infector is pronounced /ɪnˈfɛk.təɹ/.
What is the plural of infector?
The plural of infector is infectors.

Words near infector in the dictionary

  1. infectologist
  2. infectologists
  3. infectology
  4. infectome
  5. infectomes
  6. infector
  7. infectors
  8. infectress
  9. infectresses
  10. infects
  11. infectuous

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