INFECTIVE


Meaning of INFECTIVE in English

/ ɪnˈfektɪv; NAmE / adjective

( medical ) able to cause infection

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WORD ORIGIN

late Middle English : from Latin infectivus , from inficere to taint, from in- into + facere put, do.

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