transmissible

Adjective

Synonyms: catching communicable contagious contractable transmittable familial genetic hereditary inherited transmitted ancestral patrimonial

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (3)

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectionSynonyms: catching communicable contagious contractable transmittable
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity“an inherited disease”“familial traits”“genetically transmitted features”Synonyms: familial genetic hereditary inherited transmitted
inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent“ancestral home”“ancestral lore”“hereditary monarchy”“patrimonial estate”“transmissible tradition”Synonyms: ancestral hereditary patrimonial

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.] Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance. [1913 Webster]