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infectious

• (s) caused by infection or capable of causing infection
  • viruses and other infective agents
  • a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
  infective,
• (a) easily spread
  • "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
• (a) of or relating to infection
  • infectious hospital
  • infectious disease

Synonyms

infective

Antonyms

noninfectious

Words of close approximity