uninfected

/ ˌʌnɪnˈfɛktɪd /

adjective

1. (of a person, wound, etc) not having been contaminated with pathogenic microorganisms

Example Sentences

Although this only applied to certain strains, when infected they produced fewer spores than the uninfected fungi.

From Salon

From identifying affected IT systems to decrypting servers, uninstalling non-functional applications, blocking connections, disabling accounts, and restoring uninfected backups, each step can create bottlenecks.

From BBC

Researchers analyzed leishmaniasis lesions on mouse skin to detect metabolic signaling pathways that differed from uninfected mice.

From Science Daily

"It's a speculation at this point, but the itch-scratch cycle could benefit the microbes and enable their spread to distant body sites and to uninfected hosts," Deng said.

From Science Daily

Some species are natural reservoirs for JEV, and young, nonimmune birds in particular can act as virus factories, transmitting it to uninfected mosquitoes.

From Science Magazine

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