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transmissible

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

/ trænsˈmɪs ə bəl, trænz- /

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adjective

capable of being transmitted.

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transliterate

to remove or destroy all traces of.

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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

Words nearby transmissible

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

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Example sentences from the Web for transmissible

And while we cannot speak of pauperism being hereditary, the qualities that go to make up the pauper are transmissible.
Woman|William J. Robinson
For the race it is only the natural qualities of its future parents that matter, for only these are transmissible.
Woman and Womanhood|C. W. Saleeby
Dupaul states that the infection is transmissible through the atmosphere for several hundred yards.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse|United States Department of Agriculture
Are the merits of making money so great that they are transmissible to posterity?
Social Rights and Duties, Volume I (of 2)|Sir Leslie Stephen

But only such changes are transmissible to future generations as have resulted from modifications arising in the idioplasm.
The Whence and the Whither of Man|John Mason Tyler

Medical definitions for transmissible

transmissible

[ trăns-mĭs′ə-bəl, trănz- ]

adj.

Capable of being conveyed from one person to another.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

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