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transmissible

[ trans-mis-uh-buh l, tranz- ]

/ trænsˈmɪs ə bəl, trænz- /

adjective

capable of being transmitted.

Words nearby transmissible

transmethylation, transmigrant, transmigrate, transmigration, transmisogyny, transmissible, transmissible encephalopathy, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy, transmission, transmission density, transmission line

Origin of transmissible

1635–45; < Latin trānsmiss(us) (see transmission) + -ible

OTHER WORDS FROM transmissible

trans·mis·si·bil·i·ty, nounun·trans·mis·si·ble, adjective

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Examples from the Web for transmissibility

The transmissibility of acquired diseases is a question involved in more of a haze of ignorance and loose thinking.
Applied Eugenics|Paul Popenoe and Roswell Hill Johnson
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 Man|John Mason Tyler
Mr. Galton first took up the subject of the transmissibility of intellectual gifts in his 'Hereditary Genius' .
Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15|Various
These results appear to conflict most seriously with the theory of the transmissibility of acquired modifications.
Parallel Paths|Thomas William Rolleston

Because a parent dies before the development of the trait does not preclude its transmissibility to his offspring.
How to Live|Irving Fisher and Eugene Fisk

Medical definitions for transmissibility

transmissible

[ trăns-mĭs′ə-bəl, trănz- ]

adj.

Capable of being conveyed from one person to another.

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