communicable

com·mu·ni·ca·ble  (k-myn-k-bl)

adj.

1. Transmittable between persons or species; contagious: communicable diseases.

2. Readily communicated: communicable ideas.

3. Talkative.

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com·muni·ca·bili·ty, com·muni·ca·ble·ness n.

com·muni·ca·bly adv.

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communicable

Adjective

1. capable of being communicated

2. (of a disease) capable of being passed on easily

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communicable  (k-myn-k-bl)

Capable of being transmitted from a person or animal to another person or animal, either through direct or indirect transmission, including insect or other vectors. Chickenpox is a communicable disease.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	communicable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection catching, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, contagious infectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
	2.	communicable - readily communicated; "communicable ideas" communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

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communicable

adjective infectious, catching, contagious, transferable, transmittable