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Definition of Infectious

1. Adjective. Caused by infection or capable of causing infection. "A carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

2. Adjective. Easily spread. "Fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"

3. Adjective. Of or relating to infection. "Infectious disease"

Definition of Infectious

1. a. Having qualities that may infect; communicable or caused by infection; pestilential; epidemic; as, an infectious fever; infectious clothing; infectious air; infectious vices.

Definition of Infectious

1. Adjective. (pathology of an illness) Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed. ¹

2. Adjective. (pathology of a person) Able to infect others. ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of feelings and behaviour) Spreading quickly from one person to another. ¹

4. Adjective. (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Infectious

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Infectious

1. 1. Capable of being transmitted by infection, with or without actual contact. Synonym: infective. 3. Denoting a disease due to the action of a microorganism. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Infectious

infectest infecteth infectibility infectible infecting infection infection-exhaustion psychosis infection calculus infection control infection control nurse

infection control practitioners infection immunity infection thread infections infectiosity infectious (current term) infectious agent infectious anaemia infectious arteritis virus of horses infectious avian bronchitis

infectious bovine keratitis infectious bovine keratoconjunctivitis infectious bovine rhinotracheitis infectious bovine rhinotracheitis virus infectious bronchitis virus infectious bulbar paralysis infectious bursal disease infectious bursal disease virus infectious canine hepatitis infectious conjunctivitis

Literary usage of Infectious

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses: Final Report edited by Joyce C Laslof, Marguerite Knox, John D Baldeschwieler (1997)
"Endemic infectious Diseases During WWII, British military units were stationed in the Gulf region and based on this experience documented the nature of ..."

2. A History of the Boston City Hospital from Its Foundation Until 1904 by Isabel Adams (Hampton) Robb, Boston City Hospital, David Williams Cheever, George Washington Gay, Amos Lawrence Mason, John Bapst Blake (1906)
"HISTORY OF THE SOUTH DEPARTMENT, BOSTON CITY HOSPITAL, infectious SERVICE. ... years in the establishment of special hospitals for infectious diseases. ..."

3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1907)
"Bakl., orig., 1906, xxxxi, 796) has investigated the nasal flora in healthy persons, exposed and unexposed to infectious disease, and in persons suffering ..."

4. Monographic Medicine by William Robie Patten Emerson, Guido Guerrini, William Brown, Wendell Christopher Phillips, John Whitridge Williams, John Appleton Swett, Hans Günther, Mario Mariotti, Hugh Grant Rowell (1916)
"of an infectious origin for many of the chronic arthropathies has gained credence ... At the present time, the term "infectious arthritis" is used in a very ..."

5. The Medical Clinics of North America by Michael C. Fiore, Stephen S. Entman, Charles B. Rush (1922)
"The advantage of treating any infectious disease in the incipient stage is well ... I wish today to emphasize the infectious nature of chronic arthritis. ..."

6. The Popular Science Monthly (1880)
"Having transplanted active infectious organisms from one substance to another ... The degree of heat required to destroy the germs of infectious diseases is ..."

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