transmissible
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- transmissibility noun
- untransmissible adjective
Etymology
Origin of transmissible
1635–45; < Latin trānsmiss ( us ) ( transmission ) + -ible
Example Sentences
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The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
This process could generate a new variant that possesses the worst features of both—a virus that is transmissible from person-to-person like the seasonal flu, and severe, like those two concerning cases of D1.1.
From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024
University of Central Florida researchers helmed a study that found Florida panthers are not particularly susceptible to a potentially transmissible disease that causes cognitive decline leading to death in their prey.
From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024
Health officials have analysed what could happen if the more dangerous and transmissible clade 1b variant of mpox spreads to the UK.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Syphilis is a disease that is contagious, inoculable, and transmissible by heredity.
From Essays In Pastoral Medicine by ?Malley, Austin
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