- infective agent
- nounan agent capable of producing infection• Syn: ↑infectious agent• Hypernyms: ↑agent
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Agent, anti-infective — Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing the infectious agent outright. Anti infective is a general term that encompasses antibacterials, antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoans … Medical dictionary
infective dose — (ID) the amount of a pathogenic agent that will cause infection in susceptible subjects. See also median infective d. and median tissue culture infective d … Medical dictionary
Anti-infective — Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing the infectious agent outright. Anti infective is a general term that encompasses antibacterials, antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoans … Medical dictionary
infectious agent — noun an agent capable of producing infection • Syn: ↑infective agent • Hypernyms: ↑agent • Hyponyms: ↑virus, ↑pathogen … Useful english dictionary
Drug, anti-infective — Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing the infectious agent outright. Anti infective is a general term that encompasses antibacterials, antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoans … Medical dictionary
Medication, anti-infective — Something capable of acting against infection, by inhibiting the spread of an infectious agent or by killing the infectious agent outright. Anti infective is a general term that encompasses antibacterials, antibiotics, antifungals, antiprotozoans … Medical dictionary
median tissue culture infective dose — (TCID50) the quantity of a cytopathogenic agent (virus) that will produce a cytopathic effect in half of the cultures inoculated … Medical dictionary
Infection — The growth of a parasitic organism within the body. (A parasitic organism is one that lives on or in another organism and draws its nourishment therefrom.) A person with an infection has another organism (a germ ) growing within him, drawing its… … Medical dictionary
pharmaceutical industry — Producers of pharmaceuticals, substances used in the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease and the modification of organic functions. The earliest records of medicinal plants and minerals are those of the ancient Chinese, Hindu, and… … Universalium
disease — diseasedly, adv. diseasedness, n. /di zeez /, n., v., diseased, diseasing. n. 1. a disordered or incorrectly functioning organ, part, structure, or system of the body resulting from the effect of genetic or developmental errors, infection,… … Universalium
