communicable
adjective
capable of being easily communicated or transmitted.
communicability
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a word derived from
communicable.
Example Sentences
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Without that communicability, the discovery would have a strange status.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
The second wave, which exploded across the country in April and May, exposed both the Delta variant’s increased communicability and India’s inability to cope.
From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021
As a concerned friend, Ben told me that when scientists are trying to test the communicability of a virus, they often have the subjects of the experiment play cards.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 23, 2020
The ostensible goal of these experiments—in which researchers manipulate already-dangerous pathogens to create or increase communicability among humans—is to develop tools to monitor the natural emergence of pandemic strains.
From Slate ● Apr. 11, 2014
The presence of false membranes in one form of mammitis in cows does not necessarily imply its communicability to man.
From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry
