Meaning Of The Word Infectious

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What's The Definition Of Infectious?

infectious
adjective: A disease that is infectious can be caught by being near a person who has it. Compare contagious.
adjective: If a feeling is infectious, it spreads to other people.

infectious in American English
likely to cause infection; containing disease-producing organisms or matter
adjective: communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another

infectious in British English
adjective: (of a disease) capable of being transmitted

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