Transmissible Definition & Meaning

transmissible
adjective
  1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
  2. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
  3. 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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