Transmissible (Adjective)
Meaning 1
Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition".
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Meaning 2
Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features".
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Meaning 3
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection.
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Examples
- HIV is a transmissible disease that can be spread through bodily fluids.
- The new strain of flu was highly transmissible, causing widespread outbreaks in the community.
- Healthcare workers take precautions to prevent the transmission of transmissible diseases like tuberculosis.
- Ebola is a highly transmissible and deadly disease that requires strict isolation and quarantine measures.
- Influenza is a highly transmissible respiratory illness that can spread quickly through a population.