infective

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Until the patient gets much worse and a lot more infective, with the same grave consequences.

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Quick take

able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of infective gathered in one view.

adjective

able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

adjective

caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for infective.

adjective

able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

adjective

caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

Example sentences

Until the patient gets much worse and a lot more infective, with the same grave consequences.

Based on the graphs alone it’s also possible that more infective strains lead to spikes which lead to lockdowns.

It is a great city to accomplish things in because it really has an infective spirit of getting things done.

We're still a long way off from the day when niche groups can generate novel viruses with specific infective properties.

His infective defense was that he was "playing" with philosophical questions regarding encryption.

Mexico is a nexus of the drug trade not because they manufacture lots of drugs, but because they is infective law reinforcement and a porous border with the US.

So yes, a license that makes it hard to cooperate with others is infective and judging by how many companies have avoided the GPLv3, is ineffective as well in encouraging sharing.

In English, how many people a single infective individual can be expected to infect in an entirely susceptible population.

I would guess it would be a lot less.>It is the more common infective agents that cause the problemsI know that, but as I understand it the resistance first evolves in gut bacteria, then spreads through horizontal gene transfer.

But they also work in a very infective way: long useless meetings, everything requires lengthy social interactions, bizantine bureaucracy, too many managers for too few real workers and so on.