infective : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: infective	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for infective
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
infective adj able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria" Synonym(s): infective, morbific, pathogenic caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" Synonym(s): infectious, infective
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Infective \Infect"ive\, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to dyeing.] Infectious. --Beau. & Fl. True love . . . hath an infective* power. --Sir P. Sidney.