infective
Collocations
3INFECTIVE + NOUN
diseases
PREP.
with
ADV.
highly
Definitions
adj
Able to cause infection; infectious
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.
noun
A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.
It is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
adjective — able to cause disease
adjective — caused by infection or capable of causing infection
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
3Hirsch 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 contain
WiktionaryIt is evident that the greater the number of susceptibles, then the greater the increase in the number of infectives.
WiktionarySome hospitals have special rooms to treat patients with highly infective diseases.
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