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UK
/ɪnfˈɛktɪv/
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[ US /ˌɪnˈfɛktɪv/ ]
[ US /ˌɪnˈfɛktɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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caused by infection or capable of causing infection
a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
viruses and other infective agents -
able to cause disease
pathogenic bacteria
infective agents
How To Use infective In A Sentence
- So while a good frost will kill off countless millions of strongyle eggs in a pasture, it is providing the infective third-stage larvae with that most valuable of commodities - time Horsetalk.co.nz Headlines
- Contact dermatitis in the ear canal can result from almost any local irritant, including topical anti-infective agents and anesthetics and other topical preparations.
- Infective conjunctivitis caused by bacteria is usually treated with antibiotic drops or ointment, in the affected eye.
- It therefore becomes enlarged in some infective, parasitic, and blood diseases.
- Its lifecycle begins in the spring when infective spores are forcibly ejected from reproductive structures that sprout from overwintering pods of black, hardened mycelium called "sclerotia. Boing Boing
- Protocols for detection of a vast variety of infective agents including viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic pathogens can be found in the literature.
- Myxozoans, in contrast, form plasmodia or hollow sacs in which infective spores are produced.
- Causes of chronic mitral regurgitation include infective endocarditis, degenerative valvular disease (mitral valve prolapse) and rheumatic fever.
- The infective form of schistosoma, called a cercaria, secretes proteases upon detection of human skin lipids (McKerrow & Salter, 2002). OpenWetWare - Recent changes [en]
- The old magnifico's zest is infective and the audience is swept along with his machinations only to find itself, along with the anti-hero, hovering at the edge of criminality.