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Definition of infective adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

infective

adjective
 
/ɪnˈfektɪv/
 
/ɪnˈfektɪv/
(medical)
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  1. able to cause infection
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Latin infectivus, from inficere ‘to taint’, from in- ‘into’ + facere ‘put, do’.
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