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infective - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'infective' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Infective [ a.]
- Infectious.

Meaning of 'infective' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . infective [ s]
Meaning (1):
- caused by infection or capable of causing infection
Example in sentence:
  • a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease;
  • viruses and other infective agents
Meaning (2):
- able to cause disease
Example in sentence:
  • infective agents;
  • pathogenic bacteria

Nearby Words:

infabricated infallibilist infallibility infallible infallibleness infallibly infame infamies infamize infamized

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