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Webster 1913 Edition
Infective
In-fect′ive
,Adj.
[L.
infectivus
pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious.
Beau. & Fl.
True love . . . hath an
infective
power. Sir P. Sidney.
Webster 1828 Edition
Infective
INFECT'IVE
,Adj.
Definition 2025
infective
infective
English
Adjective
infective (comparative more infective, superlative most infective)
- Able to cause infection; infectious
Translations
Noun
infective (plural infectives)
- (epidemiology) A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others
- 2002, Belinda Barnes & Glenn Fulford, Mathematical Modeling with Case Studies, ISBN 0415298040, page 140:
- It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
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