Infectee

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A person or other organism that has been infected.

    "Many viruses exhibit the behavior described, especially sending e-mails automatically to many people in the infectee's address book."

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"Many viruses exhibit the behavior described, especially sending e-mails automatically to many people in the infectee's address book."

Etymology

From infect + -ee.

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