Synonyms for infective
ɪnˈfɛk tɪvin·fec·tive

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1. infective, morbific, pathogenicadjective

   able to cause disease

   "infective agents"; "pathogenic bacteria"

   Synonyms:
   infectious, morbific, pathogenic

   Antonyms:
   antiseptic, healthful

2. infectious, infectiveadjective

   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:
   infectious, morbific, pathogenic

   Antonyms:
   healthful, antiseptic

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1. List of paraphrases for "infective":

   infectious, infectivity

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1. Steven Quay:

   These gene jockeys have put in a furin site into a virus that didn't have one in the laboratory, eleven out of 11 times it makes it more effective, more transmissible, more lethal -- all the bad things you'd want. So if you want to juice up a virus and make it more infective or make it go from bats to humans, putting in a furin cleavage site is a great idea.