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communicable

[kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl] / kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəl /
ADJECTIVE
able to be contracted
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK
incontractable noncommunicable noncontagious


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Last week, Australia's Chief Medical Officer Prof Michael Kidd declared diphtheria a communicable disease incident of national significance.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

That’s well above the 25 recorded in all of 2025, according to Dr. Eric Sergienko, chief of the state Department of Public Health’s communicable disease control division.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

The one good thing that came from that time was tons of data about what works to prevent communicable illnesses.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 5, 2025

The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.

From Salon • Mar. 6, 2025

When an epidemic of mumps broke out in the school, Katie went into action against communicable diseases.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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