infectious

Signification (Anglais)

1. Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
2. Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
3. Spreading quickly from one person to another.
4. (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.

Concepts

infectieux

contagieux

communicatif

infectant

Synonymes

contagious

catching

infective

communicable

transmissible

infected

transmittable

zymotic

contractable

communicate

mucilaginous

pasty

pestiferous

pestilent

septic

spreading

sticky

tacky

transmissibility

viscid

viscous

communicable disease

smittling

contagiosus

adherent

plague pest pestilence

adhesive

ancestral

catchy

contagious disease

epidemic

gluey

glutinous

gummy

isolation

Traductions

infettivo

ansteckend

contagioso

aanstekelijk

infeccioso

besmettelijk

infecciós

contagioso

infektiös

verpestend

contagioso

κολλητικός

infeccioso

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Borrowed from New Latin īnfectiōsus. By surface analysis, infect + -ious.