infectious

in·fec·tious  (n-fkshs)

adj.

1. Capable of causing infection.

2. Caused by or capable of being transmitted by infection.

3. Caused by a pathogenic microorganism or agent.

4. Easily or readily communicated: an infectious laugh.

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in·fectious·ly adv.

in·fectious·ness n.

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infectious

Adjective

1. (of a disease) capable of being transmitted without actual contact

2. causing or transmitting infection

3. spreading from one person to another: infectious laughter

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infectious  (n-fkshs)

Capable of causing infection. See Note at contagious.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	infectious - caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" infective infected, septic - containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage"
	2.	infectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell noninfectious - not infectious
	3.	infectious - of or relating to infection; "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"

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infectious

adjective catching, spreading, contagious, communicable, poisoning, corrupting, contaminating, polluting, virulent, defiling, infective, vitiating, pestilential, transmittable

Translations

infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj → contagioso;

(fig) → infeccioso

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infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] infect adj → infectieux/euse;

(also fig) → contagieux/euse

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infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] infect adj → ansteckend

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infectious [ɪnˈfɛkʃəs] adj [disease] → infettivo/a, contagioso/a; [person, laughter] → contagioso/a