adjective · neutral
infectious
/ɪnˈfekʃəs/in·FEC·tious
Band 6-7speakingtask2
able to be passed from one person to another; caused by an infectious agent
Examples
“The hospital isolated patients with infectious diseases.”
“Influenza is highly infectious in crowded places.”
“Public health campaigns aim to limit the spread of infectious pathogens.”
Band 8 sentence
“During the outbreak, public health officials emphasized isolating infected individuals to prevent the spread of highly infectious pathogens.”
Collocations
- infectious disease
- highly infectious
- infectious agent
Word family
infect verbinfection nouninfectious adjectiveinfectiously adverb
Common mistakes
contagious→infectious
an infection disease→an infectious disease
highly infected→highly infectious
Say it for a higher band
5sick→6contagious→7+infectious
Synonyms
contagious
communicable
Easily confused
contagious
“The measles virus is highly contagious.”
Related words
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