transmissible

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transmissible - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.]
     Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of
     being passed through any body or substance.
     [1913 Webster]

transmissible - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  transmissible
      adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
             [syn: catching, communicable, contagious,
             contractable, transmissible, transmittable]
      2: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an
         inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
         transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic,
         hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]
      3: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
         rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
         "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible
         tradition" [syn: ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial,
         transmissible]