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TRANSMISSIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Synonyms:
catching; communicable; contagious; contractable; transmissible; transmittable
Classified under:
Similar:
infectious (easily spread)
Derivation:
transmit (transfer to another)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
Example:
transmissible tradition
Synonyms:
ancestral; hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible
Classified under:
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
Example:
genetically transmitted features
Synonyms:
familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)
Derivation:
transmit (transfer to another)
