communicable
[ kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buh l ]
/ kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəl /
adjective
capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
talkative; communicative.
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Origin of communicable
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble
OTHER WORDS FROM communicable
com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness, nouncom·mu·ni·ca·bly, adverbDictionary.com Unabridged
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Examples from the Web for communicability
The presence of false membranes in one form of mammitis in cows does not necessarily imply its communicability to man.
Special Report on Diseases of Cattle|U.S. Department of Agriculture
British Dictionary definitions for communicability
communicable
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) /
adjective
capable of being communicated
(of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily
Derived forms of communicable
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Medicine definitions for communicability
communicable
[ kə-myōō′nĭ-kə-bəl ]
adj.
Transmittable between persons or species; contagious.
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Science definitions for communicability
communicable
[ kə-myōō′nĭ-kə-bəl ]
Capable of being transmitted from a person or animal to another person or animal, either through direct or indirect transmission, including insect or other vectors. Chickenpox is a communicable disease.
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