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/ɪnˈfɛk.ʃəs/ · adjective
(pathology, of an illness) 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)..
Cancer is usually not infectious.
More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
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.
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.
Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.
Use infectious when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Infectious means (pathology, of an illness) 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)..
Common synonyms include corrupting, transmissible, contagious, catching.
Possible antonyms include non-infectious, noninfectious.
Cancer is usually not infectious.
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