"infective" in the adjective sense
1. infective, morbific, pathogenic
able to cause disease
"infective agents"
"pathogenic bacteria"
2. infectious, infective
caused by infection or capable of causing infection
"viruses and other infective agents"
"a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
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