INFECTIOUS


Meaning of INFECTIOUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ -shəs ]

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 rapidly to others

their enthusiasm was infectious

an infectious grin

• in·fec·tious·ly adverb

• in·fec·tious·ness noun

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.