INFECTIVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does infective mean? 

• INFECTIVE (adjective)
  The adjective INFECTIVE has 2 senses:

1. able to cause disease

2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection

  Familiarity information: INFECTIVE used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFECTIVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Able to cause disease

Synonyms:

infective; morbific; pathogenic

Context example:

pathogenic bacteria

Similar:

unhealthful (detrimental to good health)

Derivation:

infect (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

infect (communicate a disease to)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Caused by infection or capable of causing infection

Synonyms:

infectious; infective

Context example:

a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease

Similar:

infected; septic (containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms)

Derivation:

infect (contaminate with a disease or microorganism)

infect (communicate a disease to)

 Context examples 

A synthetic, 5-amino acid peptide and Innate Defense Regulator (IDR), with immunomodulating, anti-inflammatory, anti-infective and anti-mucositis activities.

(Innate Defense Regulator SGX942, NCI Thesaurus)

Invertebrates or non-human vertebrates which transmit infective organisms from one host to another.

(Disease Vector, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A combination of two or more anti-infective agents in a single product to increase the products effectiveness.

(Combination Anti-Infective Agent, NCI Thesaurus)

A number of plaque forming units (PFU) per unit volume is a conventional way to refer the titer of an infective entity in a specimen or preparation.

(Plaque Forming Unit, NCI Thesaurus)

For internal or topical application, Anti-infective Preparations contain natural or synthetic antibiotic agents that act therapeutically or prophylactically against infectious viral, bacterial, protozoal, or other agents by inhibiting their growth, replication, and survival.

(Anti-Infective Preparation, NCI Thesaurus)

An organoarsenic compound with activity as an anti-infective agent.

(Arsanilic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Activated by bacterial flavoproteins to intermediates that inactivate bacterial ribosomal proteins, Nitrofurantoin is used prophylactically as a urinary anti-infective agent against most gram-positive and gram-negative organisms and for long-term suppression of infections.

(Nitrofurantoin, NCI Thesaurus)

K. dentrificans is a commensal organism found in the upper respiratory tract and while it is thought to be mostly nonpathogenic, it has been associated with at least one case of infective endocarditis.

(Kingella denitrificans, NCI Thesaurus)

To implant microbes or infective materials, introduce immune serum, vaccines of various kinds, and other antigenic materials for preventive, curative, or experimental purposes.

(Inoculation, NCI Thesaurus)

The acetate salt form of mafenide, a synthetic sulfonamide analog of para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA) with topical anti-infective activity.

(Mafenide Acetate, NCI Thesaurus)