Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Infecting; having the power of communicating infectious disease.
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Examples
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The physicians of this country have been occupied this winter in discussing the discovery by one of their number of the active infectant in fever and ague.
History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II Matilda Joslyn Gage 1862
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