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transmissible
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective transmissible has 3 senses
- transmissible(s = adj.all) catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmittable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection; Array Derived form verb transmit1
- transmissible(s = adj.all) familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" Derived form verb transmit1
- transmissible(s = adj.all) ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
CIDE DICTIONARY
transmissible, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.].
Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance. [1913 Webster]
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