Infective
Infective adjective - Able to cause disease.
Usage example: infective agents
Pathogenic is a synonym for infective. In some cases you can use "Pathogenic" instead an adjective "Infective". popular alternative
Pathogenic
Pathogenic adjective - Able to cause disease.
Usage example: pathogenic bacteria
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Synonyms for Pathogenic
Nearby Words: pathogen, pathogenous
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Related pairs
- poison and infective
- poison and pathogenic
- poisonous and infective
- poisonous and pathogenic
- malignant and infective
- malignant and pathogenic
- unhealthful and infective
- unhealthful and pathogenic
- venomous and infective
- venomous and pathogenic
- toxic and infective
- toxic and pathogenic
- contagious and infective
- contagious and pathogenic
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