transmissible
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- transmissibility noun
- untransmissible adjective
Etymology
Origin of transmissible
1635–45; < Latin trānsmiss ( us ) ( transmission ) + -ible
Example Sentences
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But the 18-year-old said she and her friends had become less worried, as they now know "meningitis is not very transmissible".
From BBC • Mar. 20, 2026
The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
Every time a bird flu virus infects a person, concerns grow that it could change, becoming more transmissible or more deadly.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2025
This process could generate a new variant that possesses the worst features of both—a virus that is transmissible from person-to-person like the seasonal flu, and severe, like those two concerning cases of D1.1.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024
This influence is said to exist in a peculiar fluid, transmissible from one body to another under certain conditions of each individual, without which the expected results are not manifest.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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