infective

English Thesaurus

1. able to cause disease (adj.all)

similar	:	unhealthful,
definition	:	detrimental to good health (adj.all)

2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection (adj.all)

similar	:	infected, septic,
definition	:	containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms (adj.all)

3. able to cause disease (adj.all)

derivation	:	pathogen,
definition	:	any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) (noun.animal)

derivation	:	infect, taint,
definition	:	contaminate with a disease or microorganism (verb.body)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)

4. caused by infection or capable of causing infection (adj.all)

derivation	:	infection,
definition	:	the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state)

derivation	:	infect, taint,
definition	:	contaminate with a disease or microorganism (verb.body)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)

5. able to cause disease (adj.all)

derivation	:	pathogen,
definition	:	any disease-producing agent (especially a virus or bacterium or other microorganism) (noun.animal)

derivation	:	infect, taint,
definition	:	contaminate with a disease or microorganism (verb.body)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)

6. caused by infection or capable of causing infection (adj.all)

derivation	:	infection,
definition	:	the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state)

derivation	:	infect, taint,
definition	:	contaminate with a disease or microorganism (verb.body)

derivation	:	infect,
definition	:	communicate a disease to (verb.body)