Transmissible - Definition
transmissible
adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
[syn: catching, communicable, contagious,
contractable, transmissible, transmittable]
2: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an
inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
transmitted features" [syn: familial, genetic,
hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible]
3: 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,
transmissible]