infectious
11infectious */ — UK [ɪnˈfekʃəs] / US adjective 1) a) an infectious disease is one that can spread from one person to another The condition is highly infectious. b) used about a person or animal that has an infectious disease The animals were still infectious when …
12infectious — [[t]ɪnfe̱kʃəs[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED A disease that is infectious can be caught by being near a person who has it. Compare contagious. ...infectious diseases such as measles... These viruses affect children and are highly infectious. 2) ADJ GRADED If …
13infectious — adjective 1 an infectious illness can be passed from one person to another, especially through the air you breathe: highly infectious: There seems to be a highly infectious type of flu going around. 2 someone who is infectious has an illness and… …
14infectious — 1. A disease capable of being transmitted from person to person, with or without actual contact. 2. SYN: infective. 3. Denoting a disease due to the action of a microorganism. * * * in·fec·tious in fek shəs adj 1) capable of causing infection… …
15infectious — [ɪnˈfekʃəs] adj 1) an infectious disease can spread from one person to another The condition is highly infectious.[/ex] 2) behaviour that is infectious makes other people behave in the same way His enthusiasm was infectious.[/ex] an infectious… …
16infectious — adjective Date: 1542 1. a. capable of causing infection < viruses and other infectious agents > b. communicable by infection < an infectious disease > compare contagious 2. that corrupts or contaminates 3. spreading or capable of spreading… …
17infectious — infectiously, adv. infectiousness, n. /in fek sheuhs/, adj. 1. communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases. 2. causing or communicating infection. 3. tending to spread from …
18infectious — adjective a) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed. Cancer is not infectious. b) Able to infect others. More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent. Syn: catching, contagious, catchy …
19infectious — adjective 1) infectious disease Syn: contagious, communicable, transmittable, transferable, spreadable; epidemic; informal catching; dated infective 2) her laughter is infectious Syn: irresistible, compelling, persuasive, contagious …
20infectious — adjective 1) infectious diseases Syn: communicable, contagious, transmittable, transmissible, transferable; informal catching 2) her laughter is infectious Syn: irresistible, compelling, contagious; informal catching …
