adjective. Functioning as an agent or cause.

adjective. Expressing causation. Used of a verb or verbal affix.

Effective as a cause or an agent; causal.

In grammar, expressing causation: as, a causative verb: for example, to fell (cause to fall), to set (cause to sit); the causative conjugation of a verb, such as is common in Sanskrit. Also sometimes applied to the case by which cause is expressed, as the Latin ablative.

noun. A form of verb or noun having causative value.

adjective. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

adjective. Expressing a cause or reason; causal.

noun. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

adjective. Acting as a cause.

noun. An expression of an agent causing or forcing a patient to perform an action (or to be in a certain condition).

adjective. producing an effect

"But atmospheric pollution has not normally been identified as a causative factor in diabetes and obesity, two of the nation's major health scourges -- that is until recently."

abortifacient  activating  actuating  anorectic  anorexigenic  

dispositive  positive  

active-intransitive  cancer-causing  disease-producing  drug-resistant  etiologic  

causal  causing  creative  generative  inducive