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# infectious

«infectious» in Mova's school dictionary: **An infectious disease can be passed from one person or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (infectious, more infectious, most infectious)

### meaning for a pupil

1) An infectious disease can be passed from one person or animal to another, through germs in the air, water, food or touch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#m1)

2) An infectious person has an illness that others can catch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#m2)

3) Infectious can describe a feeling or laugh that spreads quickly to other people. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In health and science lessons, colds, flu, chickenpox and stomach bugs are infectious; handwashing, covering coughs and staying home when ill stop them spreading. Not all diseases are infectious: diabetes and allergies are not. In stories and everyday life, an infectious laugh or smile makes others laugh too. Phrases: infectious disease, highly infectious, an infectious laugh.

### examples

- Chickenpox is very infectious, so Lily stayed home. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x1)
- Wash your hands to stop infectious diseases spreading. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x2)
- He is still infectious, so he can't come to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x3)
- Her laugh was so infectious that the whole class giggled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x4)
- Allergies are not infectious; you can't catch them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x5)
- The vet checked the dog for infectious illnesses. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x6)
- The little boy laughed, and Uncle Remus supplemented this indorsement of his descriptive powers with a most infectious chuckle. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/#x7)

### note

Noun: infection. «Infectious» and «contagious» are close; contagious often means spread by touch. A cut can be «infected» (germs got into it); that is not the same as «infectious».

### In the corpora

- [When you visit someone who is ill, wash your hands and keep your distance if they are infectious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/82-getting-better-and-medicines/5/)
- [Slapped cheek syndrome gives bright red cheeks, and by the time the rash appears you are no longer infectious.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/medicine/11-spots-and-itches-chickenpox-head-lice-and-friends/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «infectious» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/infectious/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.