infective

infective
Able to cause infection; infectious
2. noun
A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others

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  • Infective — In*fect ive, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster] True love . . . hath an infective power. Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • infective — index contagious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • infective — late 14c., from L. infectivus, from infectus (see INFECT (Cf. infect)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • infective — *infectious Analogous words: contaminating, tainting, polluting, defiling (see CONTAMINATE): corrupting, vitiating (see DEBASE): *poisonous, virulent, toxic, mephitic Contrasted words: salutary, hygienic, *healthful, wholesome …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • infective — [in fek′tiv] adj. [ME infectif < OFr < L infectivus] likely to cause infection; infectious infectivity n …   English World dictionary

  • infective — [[t]ɪnfe̱ktɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED: usu ADJ n Infective means related to infection or likely to cause infection. [FORMAL] ...a mild and very common infective disease of children …   English dictionary

  • infective — infekcinis statusas Aprobuotas sritis augalų apsauga apibrėžtis Gebantis pernešti infekciją. atitikmenys: angl. infective vok. Infektiös rus. инфекционный pranc. infectieux šaltinis Lietuvos Respublikos žemės ūkio ministro 2006 m. kovo 27 d.… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • infective dose — (ID) the amount of a pathogenic agent that will cause infection in susceptible subjects. See also median infective d. and median tissue culture infective d …   Medical dictionary

  • infective thrombus — the thrombus seen with infective thrombosis …   Medical dictionary

  • infective — adjective Date: 14th century 1. producing or capable of producing infection 2. affecting others ; infectious • infectivity noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • infective — infectiveness, infectivity, n. /in fek tiv/, adj. infectious. [1350 1400; ME < ML infectivus. See INFECT, IVE] * * * …   Universalium

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