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infectiveness

infectiveness noun: the state or quality of being infective.

Noun

infectiveness (uncountable)

  1. The state or quality of being infective.

Origin of infectiveness

From infective + -ness.

Questions about infectiveness

What does infectiveness mean?
Infectiveness means the state or quality of being infective.
What part of speech is infectiveness?
Infectiveness is a noun.

Words near infectiveness in the dictionary

  1. infectious diseases
  2. infectious mononucleosis
  3. infectiously
  4. infectiousness
  5. infective
  6. infectiveness
  7. infectives
  8. infectivities
  9. infectivity
  10. infectological
  11. infectologist

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