INFECTIOUS
infectious
Adjective
- Transmitted from one person to another, usually through the air breathed.
- Cancer is not infectious.
- More infectious diseases like the flu are usually less potent.
- Able to infect others.
- Despite feeling better, the patient is still infectious.
- Spreading quickly from one person to another.
- Her enthusiasm for work can be really infectious.
- Memorable and invoking excitement or interest.
- Pop music is more infectious than elevator music.
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