infectious
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: medicine
pathology
sciences
Etymology: Borrowed from New Latin īnfectiōsus. By surface analysis, infect + -ious.
Inflected forms:
form: more infectious
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: most infectious
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Caused by an agent that enters the host's body (such as a bacterium, virus, parasite, or prion); often, also, transmitted among hosts via any of various routes (for example, contact, droplet-borne, airborne, waterborne, foodborne, fomite-borne, or bloodborne).
pos: adj
examples: Cancer is usually not infectious.
More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
gloss: Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
pos: adj
examples: Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.
I doubt that [saliva] is very infectious ... I don't think this is a normal route of transmission.
gloss: Spreading quickly from one person to another.
pos: adj
examples: infectious smile
Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.
When Maisie first met Danny, she remembers that he had an infectious laugh and a love for music.
gloss: Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
pos: adj
tags: informal
examples: Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.
Antonyms: non-infectious
noninfectious
Derived words: agroinfectious
antiinfectious
bovine infectious petechial fever
feline infectious peritonitis
hyperinfectious
infection
infectious abortion
infectious agent
infectious bovine rhinotracheitis
infectious disease
infectious disease specialist
infectiously
infectious mononucleosis
infectiousness
neuroinfectious
parainfectious
postinfectious
preinfectious
pseudoinfectious
reinfectious
subinfectious
superinfectious
toxicoinfectious
uninfectious
Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: مُعْدٍ
roman: muʕdin
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sirayət edən
lang: Azerbaijani
word: yoluxucu
lang: Azerbaijani
word: sirayətedici
lang: Bashkir
word: йоғошло
roman: yoğoşlo
lang: Bengali
word: সংক্রামক
roman: śoṅkramok
lang: Bengali
word: ছোঁয়াচে
roman: chō̃ẇace
lang: Bulgarian
word: заразен
roman: zarazen
lang: Catalan
word: infecciós
lang: Czech
word: nakažlivý
lang: Czech
word: infekční
lang: Esperanto
word: infekta
lang: Finnish
word: tarttuva
lang: Finnish
word: tartuntavaarallinen
lang: French
word: infectieux
lang: German
word: infektiös
lang: Hindi
word: संक्रामक
roman: saṅkrāmak
lang: Indonesian
word: infeksius
lang: Indonesian
word: menular
lang: Ingrian
word: tarttuva
lang: Irish
word: tógálach
lang: Italian
word: infettivo
lang: Japanese
word: 感染性
lang: Kazakh
word: жұқпалы
roman: jūqpaly
lang: Kazakh
word: инфекциялық
roman: infeksiälyq
lang: Malay
word: berjangkit
lang: Māori
word: hōrapa
lang: Māori
word: hopuhopu
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: smittsom
lang: Polish
word: zaraźliwy
lang: Polish
word: zakaźny
lang: Polish
word: infekcyjny
lang: Portuguese
word: infeccioso
lang: Romanian
word: infecțios
lang: Russian
word: зара́зный
roman: zaráznyj
lang: Russian
word: инфекцио́нный
roman: infekciónnyj
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: gabhaltach
lang: Spanish
word: infeccioso
lang: Swedish
word: infektiös
lang: Tagalog
word: nakahahawa
lang: Welsh
word: heintus