transmissible
[trans-mis-uh-buh l, tranz-]
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adjective
capable of being transmitted.
Origin of transmissible
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Mr. Galton first took up the subject of the transmissibility of intellectual gifts in his 'Hereditary Genius' .
The transmissibility of contagious abortion of cows appears to have been demonstrated experimentally for the first time by Brauer.
Contagious Abortion of CowsWard J. MacNeal
But Weismann's argument rests not merely upon any difficulty or impossibility of the transmissibility of acquired characteristics.
The Whence and the Whither of ManJohn Mason Tyler
The importance of use and disuse, and the transmissibility of their effects, would seem to supply a factor essential to evolution.
The Whence and the Whither of ManJohn Mason Tyler
These results appear to conflict most seriously with the theory of the transmissibility of acquired modifications.
Parallel PathsThomas William Rolleston
transmissible
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transmissible
[trăns-mĭs′ə-bəl, trănz-]
adj.
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