Meaning of TRANSMISSIBLE
Pronunciation: | | trans'misubul
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- [adj] (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- [adj] inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
- [adj] tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
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| Synonyms: | | ancestral, catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, familial, genetic, hereditary, heritable, infectious, inheritable, inherited, patrimonial, transmittable, transmitted |
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| Definition: | | \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.]
Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of
being passed through any body or substance.
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