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Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th
infectious
in·fec·tious BrE [ɪnˈfekʃəs] NAmE [ɪnˈfekʃəs] adjective
1. an infectious disease can be passed easily from one person to another, especially through the air they breathe
• Flu is highly infectious.
• (figurative)infectious laughter
2. not usually before noun if a person or an animal is infectious, they have a disease that can be spread to others
• I'm still infectious.
compare ↑contagious
Derived Words: ↑infectiously ▪ ↑infectiousness
Word Origin:
[infectious infectiously infectiousness] mid 16th cent.: from ↑infection + ↑-ous.
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