Inficerer

Inficerer is the present tense form of the Danish verb inficere, meaning to cause infection by introducing a biological agent such as a virus, bacterium, or parasite into a host or its cells. It is used in medical, scientific, and public health contexts and is transitive, taking a direct object like a pathogen or tissue.

In usage, a subject that carries out infection—such as a virus or bacterium—can inficere cells or an organism. Example: “Viruset inficerer celler og forårsager sygdom.” The word is commonly encountered in discussions of disease transmission, outbreaks, and infection control. The noun form inficering denotes the act or process of infection, and inficeret is the past participle meaning infected.

Etymology and related forms: inficere is a Danish verb borrowed into the language from Latin roots associated with infection, passing through the historical development of European languages. The present tense form inficerer is part of a broader inflection pattern used for Danish verbs ending in -ere. While related terms exist in other languages, care should be taken with equivalents such as infection or infeksjon, which may carry different nuances in their respective languages.

See also: infection, infectious disease, contagion, transmission.