Some hospitals have special rooms to treat patients with highly infective diseases.
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Infective
//ɪnˈfɛktɪv//
Synonyms for "infective" (26 found)
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Closest matches (6)
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Related words (13)
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Synonyms
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2 entriesderived
12 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
3 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
7 translations across 5 languages.
German
1 entries- infektiös adj (able to cause infection)
Hungarian
2 entries- fertőző adj (able to cause infection)
- ragályos adj (able to cause infection)
Italian
1 entries- infettivo adj (able to cause infection)
Korean
1 entries- 감염성 adj (able to cause infection)
Polish
2 entries- infekcyjny adj (able to cause infection)
- zakaźny adj (able to cause infection)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
Pyrexia is but a sign of the intensity of the activities of the infective agent, and by artificially reducing the body heat we really do not lessen the virulence of the poison, as shown by the rise of the temperature again as soon as the action of the antipyretic subsides.
Source: tatoeba (12128848)
Hirsch has followed a group of 85 health care workers who were exposed to blood and bodily fluids of persons with AIDS. Thirty had been exposed by accidentally sticking themselves with needles containing blood and three had been spattered or had an open wound exposed to potentially infective blood.
Source: wiktionary
It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
Source: wiktionary
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