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infectious definition
infectious |
Grep of noun infectious infectious disease infectious hepatitis infectious mononucleosis infectious polyneuritis Overview of adj infectious The adj infectious has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) infectious, infective -- (caused by infection or capable of causing infection; viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease") 2. (4) infectious -- (easily spread; "fear is exceedlingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell) Antonyms of adj infectious 2 senses of infectious Sense 1 infectious, infective INDIRECT (VIA septic) -> antiseptic Sense 2 infectious (vs. noninfectious) noninfectious (vs. infectious) => noncommunicable, noncontagious, nontransmissible Similarity of adj infectious 2 senses of infectious Sense 1 infectious, infective => septic (vs. antiseptic) Sense 2 infectious (vs. noninfectious) => catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable => contagious => corrupting, contaminating Attributes of adj infectious Familiarity of adj infectious infectious used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj infectious infectious noninfectious Overview of adj infectious The adj infectious has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts) 1. (7) infectious, infective -- (caused by infection or capable of causing infection; viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease") 2. (4) infectious -- (easily spread; "fear is exceedlingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell)
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