infective
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7.4
- adjective
- /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/
- Specialized
:
infectivo
- During this feeding process, it injects the infective organism.
- infective endocarditis
- infective agent
- infective dose
Examples
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Not previously reported to cause infective endocarditis in Thailand.
Academic text (2014) -
Patients with MVP have a higher risk of infective endocarditis.
Academic text (2007) -
Physical examination did not show an obvious infective focus.
Academic text (2015) -
Where environmental conditions are favorable, the eggs develop into infective stages.
Academic text (2012) -
If he were suffering from an infective exacerbation of COPD, his phlegm would be more likely to be green.
Academic text (2012) -
CSOM continues for months or years with increasing hearing impairment; it can lead to life-threatening infective complications.
Academic text (1998) -
Herein, we report a case of fatal infective endocarditis in a pregnant patient with Marfan syndrome.
Academic text (2007) -
Furthermore, the oxygenic stress has bactericidal abilities, killing more infective microorganisms.
Academic text (2007) -
Survival in human serum forms the basis of distinguishing human infective T. b. rhodesiense from non-infective T. b. brucei.
Academic text (2001) -
The patient is infective from just before the onset of the rash until the very last scab falls off weeks later.
Synonyms
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3.1
Something that spreads from one person to another, like a disease or feeling
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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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4.2
Able to pass from one person to another and cause sickness
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7.0
Able to cause disease in people, animals or plants
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5.3
Able to pass from one person or animal to another by infection
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3.9
Able to pass from one person or animal to another
Very likely to make people sick
Able to cause disease in people or animals
Likely to cause a serious illness that spreads quickly
Likely to 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
Compounds
How Infective
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Infective comes from Latin parts in- meaning 'into' and -fect meaning 'make', the same root you see in infect and infection. So an infective germ or virus is one that can 'make' disease go 'into' a person and so cause or spread infection.