infective
adjective
1. able to cause disease
- infective agents
Similar word(s): unhealthful, morbific, pathogenic
2. caused by infection or capable of causing infection
- viruses and other infective agents
- a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease
Similar word(s): infected, septic, infectious
noun
1. (epidemiology) A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others