infectantn.adj.

Brit.

/ɪnˈfɛkt(ə)nt/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈfɛktənt/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: infect v., -ant suffix¹.

Etymology: < infect v. + -ant suffix¹, probably after French infectant, adjective (1805 or earlier) and noun (although this is apparently first attested later than in English: 1854 or earlier). Compare earlier infecting adj., infective adj., infectious adj., infectuous adj. Compare also disinfectant n. and disinfectant adj.

A. n.

An infecting or infectious agent.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > agent or medium

infectiona1398

leavena1400

virusa1400

contagion1603

taint1623

fomes1800

conductor1807

infectant1832

zymin1842

contagium1870

noxa1872

pathogen1880

zyme1882

auto-infectant1887

insult1903

1832 London Med. Gaz. 16 June 351/2 The nature of the infectant should be known, and its chemical or physical qualities perfectly ascertained.

1885 Dental Cosmos 26 759 To properly test the value of any disinfectant, it is necessary to test all its properties..in relation to not one infectant, but all infectants.

1906 Poultry Success May 42/3 Those dying on the premises are speedily devoured by the other rats, thus spreading the infectant.

1970 Biol. Bull. 139 487 Darkfield microscopy was also used to detect infectants.

2010 J. Teehan In Name of God 152 Humans who were viscerally repelled by possible sources of contaminants..had an advantage over those who had to learn through trial and error which things..harbored possibly lethal infectants.

B. adj.

Causing infection; infectious.

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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious

contagiousc1374

infectivea1398

smitting?c1450

infected1480

infectuous1495

infecting1539

infectious1575

smittle1583

catching1594

contaminous1599

taking1608

communicative1741

malignant1822

contaminative1826

zymotic1842

smittling1845

infectant1855

autoinfective1874

catchy1884

toxo-infectious1907

postinfectious1913

1832 London Med. Gaz. 16 June 351/1 Muriatic acid gas is therefore an infectant or infecting agent.]

1855 Lancet 8 Dec. 548/2 Either explanation was less opposed to general pathological laws than the belief in the infectant properties of an unbroken, though indurated surface.

1885 Practitioner 34 234 Disinfection when real is essentially the victory of a chemical substance (therefore called a disinfectant) over an infectant poison (virus).

1909 Vet. Jrnl. 65 459 Roloff..believed that abortion was due to the entrance of a specific infectant agent by way of the vagina.

2010 Vet. Parasitol. 170 318 Insemination using fresh semen experimentally contaminated with different infectant doses of T[oxoplasma] gondii tachyzoites was able to infect sheep.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	infectant
释义	infectantn.adj. Brit. /ɪnˈfɛkt(ə)nt/, U.S. /ᵻnˈfɛktənt/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: infect v., -ant suffix¹. Etymology: < infect v. + -ant suffix¹, probably after French infectant, adjective (1805 or earlier) and noun (although this is apparently first attested later than in English: 1854 or earlier). Compare earlier infecting adj., infective adj., infectious adj., infectuous adj. Compare also disinfectant n. and disinfectant adj. A. n. An infecting or infectious agent. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [noun] > agent or medium infectiona1398 leavena1400 virusa1400 contagion1603 taint1623 fomes1800 conductor1807 infectant1832 zymin1842 contagium1870 noxa1872 pathogen1880 zyme1882 auto-infectant1887 insult1903 1832 London Med. Gaz. 16 June 351/2 The nature of the infectant should be known, and its chemical or physical qualities perfectly ascertained. 1885 Dental Cosmos 26 759 To properly test the value of any disinfectant, it is necessary to test all its properties..in relation to not one infectant, but all infectants. 1906 Poultry Success May 42/3 Those dying on the premises are speedily devoured by the other rats, thus spreading the infectant. 1970 Biol. Bull. 139 487 Darkfield microscopy was also used to detect infectants. 2010 J. Teehan In Name of God 152 Humans who were viscerally repelled by possible sources of contaminants..had an advantage over those who had to learn through trial and error which things..harbored possibly lethal infectants. B. adj. Causing infection; infectious. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > production of disease > [adjective] > infectious contagiousc1374 infectivea1398 smitting?c1450 infected1480 infectuous1495 infecting1539 infectious1575 smittle1583 catching1594 contaminous1599 taking1608 communicative1741 malignant1822 contaminative1826 zymotic1842 smittling1845 infectant1855 autoinfective1874 catchy1884 toxo-infectious1907 postinfectious1913 1832 London Med. Gaz. 16 June 351/1 Muriatic acid gas is therefore an infectant or infecting agent.] 1855 Lancet 8 Dec. 548/2 Either explanation was less opposed to general pathological laws than the belief in the infectant properties of an unbroken, though indurated surface. 1885 Practitioner 34 234 Disinfection when real is essentially the victory of a chemical substance (therefore called a disinfectant) over an infectant poison (virus). 1909 Vet. Jrnl. 65 459 Roloff..believed that abortion was due to the entrance of a specific infectant agent by way of the vagina. 2010 Vet. Parasitol. 170 318 Insemination using fresh semen experimentally contaminated with different infectant doses of T[oxoplasma] gondii tachyzoites was able to infect sheep. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1832
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