infective

  • (s) able to cause disease
    • infective agents
    • pathogenic bacteria
    morbific, pathogenic,
  • (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
    infectious,

Synonyms

morbific pathogenic infectious

Words of close approximity

infection
infective agent