infective
pronunciation
How to pronounce infective in British English:
UK [ɪnˈfektɪv]
How to pronounce infective in American English:
US [ɪnˈfɛktɪv]
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- Adjective:
- able to cause disease
- caused by infection or capable of causing infection
Word Origin
- infective (adj.)
- late 14c., from Latin infectivus, from infectus (see infect).
Example
- 1. Ct diagnosis of infective disease in right lower abdomen .
- 2. Infective conjunctivitis is caused by viruses or bacteria infecting your eye .
- 3. The parasitic infective rates in different counties .
- 4. Objective to compare the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of bacillary dysentery and other infective diarrhea for better non-bacteriological diagnosis and differential diagnosis .
- 5. Clinical research of treating infantile infective mononucleosis with chinese medicine .