Infectious Definition & Meaning

infectious
adjective
  1. caused by infection or capable of causing infection; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease"
  2. easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
  3. of or relating to infection; "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease"

"Infectious" in song lyrics

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  • "Wrote lectures so infectious"
    Chino XL — Wordsmith
  • "My lyrical lectures, are so infectious"
    Chris Ward — I Got That...
  • "And everything I do's infectious"
    Off Topic — Autoautopsy

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