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Meaning of TRANSMISSIBLE

Pronunciation:  trans'misubul

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
  2. [adj]  inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
  3. [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
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 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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