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   In·fec·tive

   /inˈfektiv/

   

   adjective

   • 1. capable of causing infection: "the infective eggs or larvae of the roundworm"
   • ▪ infectious: "infective hepatitis"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin infectivus, from inficere ‘to taint’ (see infect).

   Derivatives

   • 1. infectivity noun
   • 2. infectiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

   • I

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   • N

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   • F

     4

   • E

     1

   • C

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   • T

     1

   • I

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   • V

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   • E

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