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transmissible

[trans-mis-uh-buhl, tranz-] / trænsˈmɪs ə bəl, trænz- /
ADJECTIVE
contagious
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deadly endemic infectious poisonous spreading
WEAK
catching epidemic epizootic impartible inoculable pestiferous pestilential taking transmittable
Antonyms
STRONGEST
harmless
WEAK
noncommunicable
ADJECTIVE
hereditary
Synonyms
STRONGEST
genetic inborn transmitted
WEAK
ancestral bequeathed family genealogical handed-down heritable inbred inheritable inherited lineal maternal paternal patrimonial traditional willed
Antonyms
STRONGEST
acquired

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Transmissible diseases, pests, and extreme weather were also an increasing danger to public health, the document said.

From Reuters • Jun. 14, 2022

Transmissible cancer happens when cancer cells evolve and gain the ability to spread to new individuals, a biologically rare event and something that almost never happens in humans.

From Slate • Oct. 14, 2021

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