infectious
- 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).
- Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
- Spreading quickly from one person to another.
- (informal) Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/
Etymology
Borrowed from New Latin īnfectiōsus. By surface analysis, infect + -ious.
Related words
communicable disease
contagiosus
plague pest pestilence
contagious disease
infettivo
infectieux
ansteckend
aanstekelijk
infeccioso
infecciós
contagioso
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