infected

verb

1. (form-of, participle, past)simple past and past participle of infect

   “Slowly, the strange alien virus infected the whole town.”

adj

1. Having an infection.

   “The infected bodies were hastily piled up and burned.”

noun

1. 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.”