'Infective' definitions:
Definition of 'infective'
From: WordNet
adjective
Able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" [syn: infective, morbific, pathogenic]
adjective
Caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" [syn: infectious, infective]
Definition of 'Infective'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Words containing 'Infective'
- Infect,
- Infected,
- Infecter,
- Infectible,
- Infecting,
- Infection,
- cross infection,
- eye infection,
- focal infection,
- fungal infection,
- highly infective,
- infective agent,
- locus of infection,
- nonsocial infection,
- opportunistic infection,
- protozoal infection,
- respiratory infection,
- risk of infection,
- staphylococcal infection,
- tapeworm infection,
- throat infection,
- venereal infection,
- vincent's infection,
- viral infection,
- virus infection,
- lower respiratory infection,
- respiratory tract infection,
- upper respiratory infection,
- urinary tract infection,
- case-to-infection proportion,
- case-to-infection ratio