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Infective Common

Origin: Latin suffix -ive

Infective has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Adjective

Definitions
Noun
1

A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.

Adjective
1

able to cause disease

"infective agents"

"pathogenic bacteria"

2

caused by infection or capable of causing infection

"viruses and other infective agents"

"a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

3

Able to cause infection; infectious

Example Sentences
"infective agents" adjective
"pathogenic bacteria" adjective
"viruses and other infective agents" adjective
"a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" adjective
See Also
pylephlebitis infectious infectiveness subinfective uninfective spread self noninfective
Related Terms
Rhyming Words
vive zive give yive jive wive tive rive five bive dive live hive skive blive shive alive snive chive swive
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