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transmissible

[ trans-mis-uh-buh l, tranz- ]
/ trænsˈmɪs ə bəl, trænz- /
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adjective

capable of being transmitted.

RELATED WORDS

deadly, infectious, endemic, poisonous, genetic, inborn, catching, epidemic, pestiferous, pestilential, taking, epizootic, impartible, inoculable, transmittable, ancestral, family, inbred, inherited, maternal

Nearby words

  1. transmethylation,
  2. transmigrant,
  3. transmigrate,
  4. transmigration,
  5. transmisogyny,
  6. transmissible encephalopathy,
  7. transmissible spongiform encephalopathy,
  8. transmission,
  9. transmission density,
  10. transmission line

Origin of transmissible

1635–45; < Latin trānsmiss(us) (see transmission) + -ible
Related formstrans·mis·si·bil·i·ty, nounun·trans·mis·si·ble, adjective
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Word Origin and History for transmissible

transmissible

adj.

1640s, from Latin transmiss-, stem of transmittere (see transmit) + -ible.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
Medicine definitions for transmissible

transmissible

[ trăns-mĭs′ə-bəl, trănz- ]

adj.

Capable of being conveyed from one person to another.
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