Akademik
infest
To occupy a
site
and dwell ectoparasitically on
external
surface
tissue
, as opposed to internally (
infect
). [L. infesto, pp. -atus, to
attack
]
* * *
in·fest
in-'fest
vt
to live in or on as a parasite
<the flea that \infest
s
cats> <horses \infest
ed
with worms>
compare
INFECT
Medical dictionary
.
2011
.