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communicable
(redirected from communicably)

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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.

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

communicable [kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl]
adj
1. capable of being communicated
2. (Medicine / Pathology) (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily
communicability , communicableness n
communicably  adv

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.communicablecommunicable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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

communicable
adjective infectious, catching, contagious, transferable, transmittable communicable diseases such as Ebola
Translations
communicable [kəˈmjuːnɪkəbl] ADJ (gen) → comunicable; [disease] → transmisible
communicable [kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl] adj (= infectious, contagious) [disease] → transmissible
communicable
adj
diseaseübertragbar
ideas, knowledgekommunizierbar, vermittelbar


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