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English 1 sense of the expression infective agent:
NOUNobjectinfective agent, infectious agentan agent capable of producing infection
Englishinfective agent: 1 sense noun 1, object
MeaningAn agent capable of producing infection.
Synonyminfectious agent
NarrowerpathogenAny disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism)
virus(virology) ultramicroscopic infectious agent that replicates itself only within cells of living hosts
BroaderagentAn active and efficient cause

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