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in•fec•tious

Pronunciation: (in-fek'shus), [key]
—adj.
1. communicable by infection, as from one person to another or from one part of the body to another: infectious diseases.
2. causing or communicating infection.
3. tending to spread from one to another: infectious laughter.
4. Law.capable of contaminating with illegality; exposing to seizure or forfeiture.
5. Obs.diseased.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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