infectant
/ɪnˈfɛkt(ə)nt/noun
An infecting or infectious agent.
adjective
Causing infection; infectious.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The London Medical Gazette. From infect + -ant, probably after French infectant, adjective and noun (although this is apparently first attested later than in English: 1854 or earlier).
- distichously
- distil
- distill
- distillate
- distillation
- distillatory
- distiller
- distillery
- distinct
- distinction
- distinction without a difference
- distinctive
- distinctively
- distinctiveness
- distinctly
- distinctness
- distinguish
- distinguishable
- distinguished
- Distinguished Service Order
- distinguishing
- distingué
- distort
- distorted
- distortedly