Found 2 items, similar to infective.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: infective 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]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Infective 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]