transmissible
[trans-mis-uh-buh l, tranz-]
adjective
capable of being transmitted.
Origin of transmissible
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Related Words for transmissible
deadly, infectious, endemic, poisonous, genetic, inborn, catching, epidemic, pestiferous, pestilential, taking, epizootic, impartible, inoculable, transmittable, ancestral, family, inbred, inherited, maternalExamples from the Web for transmissible
Historical Examples of transmissible
In explanation, it has been stated that what is known as genius is not transmissible.
The Physical Life of Woman:Dr. George H Napheys
And yet there are people who declare that genius is not transmissible.
We find that evil traits and tendencies of mind or morals are transmissible.
What a Young Woman Ought to KnowMary Wood-Allen
The source of all variation, which is transmissible by sowing, resides in the seeds.
The Pears of New YorkU. P. Hedrick
Progress of this kind is not transmissible; only physiological acquisitions are transmissible.
Metapsychical PhenomenaJ. Maxwell
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
transmissible
[trăns-mĭs′ə-bəl, trănz-]
adj.
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