Meaning & use
Transmissible
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Capable of being passed from one person, animal, or place to another, especially referring to disease or genetic traits.
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The virus is highly transmissible in crowded indoor spaces.
Certain inherited disorders are transmissible from parent to child.
A note on using this word
Widely used in epidemiology to describe how easily a pathogen spreads between hosts, distinct from "transmittable," which is used more broadly.
Words with a similar meaning
contagiouscommunicable
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Words with an opposite meaning
noncontagious
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