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transmissible

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trans·mis·si·ble  (trns-ms-bl, trnz-)
adj.
That can be transmitted: transmissible signals.
trans·missi·bili·ty n.
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Adj.1.transmissible - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectiontransmissible - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
catching, communicable, contractable, transmittable, contagious
infectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
2.transmissible - occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, familial
heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
3.transmissible - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descenttransmissible - inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition"
ancestral, patrimonial, hereditary
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
heritable, inheritable - capable of being inherited; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title"
Translations
transmissible [trænzˈmɪsəbl] ADJ → transmisible
transmissible
adj → übertragbar
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