infectious
English Thesaurus
1. easily spread (adj.all)
| similar | : | contagious, |
| definition | : | easily diffused or spread as from one person to another (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. easily spread (adj.all)
| derivation | : | contagion, infection, |
| definition | : | the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (noun.communication) |
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. of or relating to infection (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | infection, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
6. easily spread (adj.all)
| derivation | : | contagion, infection, |
| definition | : | the communication of an attitude or emotional state among a number of people (noun.communication) |
7. 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) |
8. of or relating to infection (adj.pert)
| pertainym | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | infection, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease (noun.process) |
| derivation | : | infection, |
| definition | : | the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms (noun.state) |
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