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Infective

Infective Meaning & Definition
Infective Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Infective?

[adj] able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"
[adj] caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Infective: infectious | morbific | pathogenic | septic | unhealthful

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Infective In Webster's Dictionary

\In*fect"ive\, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. --Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective power. --Sir P. Sidney.

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