| ADJECTIVE | all | infectious, infective | caused by infection or capable of causing infection |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | infectious | easily spread | |
| pert | infectious | of or relating to infection |
| Sounds | ihnfeh'kshahs | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Caused by infection or capable of causing infection. | |
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| Synonym | infective | |
| Broader | septic, infected | Containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms |
| Spanish | infeccioso | |
| Catalan | infecciós | |
| Nouns | infection | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms |
| Meaning | easily spread. | |
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| Example | "fear is exceedingly infectious | |
| Narrower | catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection |
| contagious | easily diffused or spread as from one person to another | |
| corrupting, contaminating | That infects or taints | |
| Opposite | noninfectious | not infectious |
| Spanish | contagioso, infeccioso | |
| Catalan | infecciós | |
| Nouns | infection | the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people |
| Adverbs | infectiously | in a contagious manner |
| Meaning | Of or relating to infection. | |
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| Examples |
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| Spanish | infeccioso | |
| Catalan | infecciós | |
| Nouns | infection | (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease |
| infection | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms | |
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