Definitions
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- adjective Not
transmissible .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective (of disease) not capable of being passed on
- adjective not acquirable by inheritance
Etymologies
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non- + transmissible
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Examples
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Between the discovery of viruses, the discovery of prions, and the finding that some transmissible diseases are caused by intoxications rather than infections and that some microorganisms cause nontransmissible disease due to immune-system reactions, the germ theory has taken more hits than the theory of evolution in the last century or so.
Why isn't the germ theory a "religion"? - The Panda's Thumb 2005
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Before the surgery, it was thought the child had a brain disorder caused by a nontransmissible autoimmune disease.
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