contractable
AdjectiveWordNet 3.0
Adjective (1)
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectionSynonyms: catchingcommunicablecontagioustransmissibletransmittable
Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
contractable \con*tract"a*ble\ (k[o^]n*tr[a^]kt"[.a]*b'l), adj. capable of being transmitted by infection; same as communicable, 1; -- of disease.
Syn: catching, communicable, contagious, transmissible, transmittable. [WordNet 1.5]