transmissible

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It is a bacterial infection in the mouth and it is transmissible, meaning it can be passed to other people.

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  1. adjective That can be transmitted: transmissible signals.

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  • Scrapie is a transmissible, degenerative and ultimately fatal disease of the nervous system of sheep. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • It is a bacterial infection in the mouth and it is transmissible, meaning it can be passed to other people. —  The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.com Stories
  • Both proteins undergo purification and virus inactivation treatments to reduce the risk of blood-transmissible infections. —  Medgadget
  • Really important point in whooping cough is it's so transmissible that you need well over 90 per cent of the population to be immune, and it's usually from vaccination, to prevent small outbreaks from starting and potentially becoming bigger outbreaks if there are too many susceptibles.
  • Jan 29, 2008 | not rated yet | no comments yet U.S. scientists are racing to save the Tasmanian devil from extinction from a unique, transmissible and rapidly spreading cancer. —  PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
 

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  1. =Old French transmissible =Portuguese transmissivel, from Latin as if *transmissibilis, from transmittere, past participle transmissus, transmit (see transmit), + -ible.
 

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/trænsˈmɪsɪbl/
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