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Definition of Highly infective
1. Adjective. (of a microorganism) extremely infective. "A highly infective organism"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Highly Infective
Literary usage of Highly infective
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Oxford Loose-leaf Surgery by F. F. Burghard, Allen Buckner Kanavel (1919)
"When this is the case, it is preferable, if possible, to first absorb the peripheral
less highly infective portion of the effusion and then protect the ..."
2. Studies in the Bacteriology & Etiology of Oriental Plague by Edward Klein (1906)
"Such a person, as is well known, on account of the abundance of B. pestis in the
excretion from the lung, is highly infective for and readily communicates ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1908)
"They found that the urine of infected rats contained but few bacilli and that
the feces are not highly infective; but their blood was found usually to ..."
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