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Infective agent   /ɪnfˈɛktɪv ˈeɪdʒənt/   Listen
Infective agent

noun
1.
An agent capable of producing infection.  Synonym: infectious agent.






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"Infective agent" Quotes from Famous Books



... most frequently encountered form is the epidemic disease to which the name "Influenza" has been given (q.v. supra). The only noticeable difference between the epidemic and the sporadic cases is in the more general susceptibility to the infective agent, which gives the influenzal form an appearance of being more virulently infective. Possibly the sporadic form is simply the attack of children not immunized by a previous attack during ...
— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson



Words linked to "Infective agent" :   pathogen, virus, agent



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