transmittable

adjective

Definition of transmittablenext
1
as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another that disease is only transmittable through direct contact with an infected person, not through contact with something the infected person has touched

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2
as in transportable
capable of being taken from one place to another by public carrier I doubt that fireworks are legally transmittable through the mail

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmittable
  1. infectious
  2. communicable
  3. infective
  4. transmissible
Adjective
  • Though, bird flu virus levels have been found at high levels in raw milk and health officials believe raw milk is infectious to humans.
    Youri Benadjaoud, ABC News, 3 Dec. 2024
  • The energy of Nord’s workforce is infectious—something Tomas Okmanas, Nord’s CEO and cofounder, witnesses daily.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of infectious
Adjective
  • Hanage foresees wastewater analysis being used to track other communicable viruses, like mpox.
    Chris Stokel-Walker, WIRED, 4 Oct. 2024
  • This misconception tends to be due to the rise in influenza and other communicable respiratory infections in the colder months.
    Patty Weasler, RN, Verywell Health, 9 Oct. 2024
Definition of communicable
Adjective
  • On July 30, Ray updated her fans again, revealing her diagnosis of infective endocarditis, a severe heart infection.
    Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 31 July 2024
  • Hospitalizations for strokes related to opioid use and infective endocarditis, a life-threatening infection of the heart’s lining and valves, increased in people under 45 from 2006 through 2015, coinciding with the opioid epidemic’s onset, the authors added.
    Elizabeth Cooney, STAT, 23 May 2024
Definition of infective
Adjective
  • Read more Now Parvovirus B19 is a thing More people in the U.S. have become infected with Parvovirus B19, a highly transmissible seasonal respiratory virus that can pose serious risks to pregnant people and those with blood disorders, health officials say.
    Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 15 Aug. 2024
  • There’s a new highly transmissible COVID-19 variant.
    Rong-Gong Lin II, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2024
Definition of transmissible
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