Infective

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Infective \In*fect"ive\, a. [L. infectivus pertaining to
     dyeing.]
     Infectious. --Beau. & Fl.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           True love . . . hath an infective power. --Sir P.


                                                    Sidney.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  infective
       adj 1: able to cause disease; "infective agents"; "pathogenic
              bacteria" [syn: {morbific}, {pathogenic}]
       2: caused by infection or capable of causing infection;
          "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains
          infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
          [syn: {infectious}]