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How to pronounce “infective”
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Pronunciation guide for infective
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of infective with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 4 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Craig Venter: A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea 18 minutes
but the DNA from this organism is not infective.
- Definition summary
- Able to cause infection; infectious
Example 1 of 4
How to pronounce infective
Craig Venter: A voyage of DNA, genes and the sea 18 minutes

but the DNA from this organism is not infective.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “infective”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Able to cause infection; infectious
- [Noun]
- (epidemiology) A person who is capable of spreading a disease by infecting others.
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