highly infective
- adjective
- /ˈhaɪli ɪnˈfɛktɪv/
- Specialized
:
altamente infectivo
- The flu virus is highly infective during the winter months.
Examples
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Doctors took extra precautions when handling the highly infective virus.
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The laboratory was closed after a highly infective strain of bacteria was discovered.
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A highly infective organism can spread quickly through a community if not contained.
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Some strains of bacteria are highly infective and can spread quickly.
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The flu virus is highly infective and can easily spread from person to person.
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During the outbreak, health officials warned that the disease was highly infective in crowded places.
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Precautions were necessary because the laboratory handled a highly infective sample of the pathogen.
Synonyms
76
3.9
A disease that can spread from one person to another
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9.1
Very harmful and able to cause disease that spreads quickly
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3.4
A disease that spreads very easily between people
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7.4
Able to make people sick and spread disease
Able to be caught from another person and make you sick
Easily caught and spread among people or animals
Easy to get, especially an illness that spreads between people
Antonyms
How Infectious
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines the intensifier 'highly' with the adjective 'infective' (able to transmit infection), so its meaning 'extremely capable of causing infection' is directly derivable from the parts. This adverb + adjective composition is a common, transparent pattern across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Highly infective paints a simple picture: highly means very and infective means able to jump from person to person, like tiny seeds or drops that stick and spread when someone coughs or touches a surface. So, a highly infective germ is 'very likely to transmit disease' and can spread fast through a community.