communicable

Adjective
Synonyms: catchingcontagiouscontractabletransmissibletransmittable

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectionSynonyms: catchingcontagiouscontractabletransmissibletransmittable
  2. readily communicated“communicable ideas”
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Communicable \Com*mu"ni*ca*ble\ (k[o^]m*m[=u]"n[i^]*k[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]

1.Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge. [1913 Webster]

2.Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] --B. Jonson. -- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv. [1913 Webster]

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