INFECTIOUS

• (adj.) easily spread

  "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"

• (adj.) of or relating to infection

  "infectious hospital", "infectious disease"

• (adj.) caused by infection or capable of causing infection

  "viruses and other infective agents", "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"

  synonyms : infective

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