infective
IPA: ɪnfˈɛktɪv
noun
- (epidemiology) A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.
adjective
- Able to cause infection; infectious
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Examples of "infective" in Sentences
- As a political tool, it seems an infective attempt at giving worried blue dogs a fig-leaf that no one will be fooled by.
- MG: Absolutely, in fact the infective dose for Salmonella is as few 15-20 bacteria, and a single egg can be infected with hundreds.
- Other adulterated drugs cited in the settlement were Kytril anti-nausea medication, Bactroban anti-infective and Avandamet for diabetes.
- Our products of therapeutic segment anti infective anti allergic gastrointestinals anti osteoporosis anti epileptic anti infective sedative anti depressant.
- This condition, called infective endocarditis, is the reason why patients with heart valve problems are advised to take antibiotics before dental procedures.
- Infections such as infective endocarditis can occur when bacteria from the mouth enter the bloodstream through small oral injuries that occur most often during normal brushing, flossing or eating.
- Granulicatella elegans and Streptococcus sinensis, are known to be able to enter the bloodstream and have previously been associated with infections remote from the mouth such as infective endocarditis.
- The first attested usage of quarantine in its modern sense, the isolation of a potentially infective person or thing, is in the diary of Samuel Pepys in 1663, where he goes off onto a etmylogical point:
- Patients with congenital heart defects of the valve or those who have valvular replacements of the heart need to take a relatively high dosage of antibiotics before dental treatment to prevent occurrence of a heart disease known as infective endocarditis.
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