uninfected

adjective

un·in·fect·ed ˌən-in-ˈfek-təd

: free from infection : not infected

an uninfected wound

an uninfected person

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In a paper published in Nature Communications in late December 2023, researchers report that Matabele ants can distinguish between peers with infected and uninfected wounds, potentially due to a difference in the hydrocarbon profile of their exoskeletons. —

Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Dec. 2024 People whose infections were severe enough to warrant hospitalization faced nearly a four times greater risk of a major cardiac event or death than the uninfected group. —

Carolyn Barber, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2024 While its herds are quarantined, the family set up a partnership with a dairy farm in uninfected northern California and Aaron McAfee expects to have raw milk on the shelves on Monday from that dairy. —

Amy Feldman, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024 To avoid hiring more caretakers, the home’s leadership combined infected and uninfected veterans in the same unit, fueling the spread of the virus, the report found. —

Tribune News Service, Boston Herald, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for uninfected