transmissible
1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmittable
• Similar to:
infectious
• Derivationally related forms:
transmit, contagion (for: contagious), catching (for: catching)
2. 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
• Similar to:
inheritable, heritable
• Derivationally related forms:
patrimony (for: patrimonial), ancestor (for: ancestral)
• Topics:
law, jurisprudence
3. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
- an inherited disease
- familial traits
- genetically transmitted features
• Syn:
familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted
• Similar to:
inheritable, heritable
• Derivationally related forms:
transmit, heredity (for: hereditary), family (for: familial)
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