infective en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪnˈfɛktɪv/
Etymology
Etymology tree English infect Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *-iHwósder. Latin -īvus Old French -ifbor. Middle English -yf English -ive English infective From infect + -ive.
Meanings
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Able to cause infection; infectious
Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood.
1984 December 29, Christine Guilfoy, “Health Worker's AIDS Prompts Investigation”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 25, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most infective | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more infective | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
coinfective · antiinfective · noninfective · subinfective · disinfective · parainfective · autoinfective · uninfective · postinfective · infectivity · superinfective · infectiveness
Translations (7)
hu ragályos (able to cause infection) · de infektiös (able to cause infection) · hu fertőző (able to cause infection) · ko 감염성 (able to cause infection) · pl zakaźny (able to cause infection) · it infettivo (able to cause infection) · pl infekcyjny (able to cause infection)