transmissible

Definitions

Capable of being passed or conveyed from one person or place to another.

Able to be transmitted, especially in reference to infectious diseases.

Examples

The doctor explained that the virus is highly transmissible through respiratory droplets.

Certain genetic traits are transmissible from parents to their offspring.

Public health officials are working to contain the transmissible disease before it spreads further.

Synonyms

communicable contagious infectious transferable conveyable spreadable transmittable

Antonyms

noncommunicable noncontagious noninfectious nontransferable contained isolated localized