transmissible
Example Sentences
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So-called gain-of-function research can theoretically make viruses more transmissible or more deadly.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
The biggest fine levied against the GEO Group was for failure to establish and maintain “effective written procedures to reduce employee risk of exposure to aerosol transmissible disease.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
Scientists have rejected the idea that a recent mutation made the Andes virus transmissible between humans.
From Barron's ● May 15, 2026
But the 18-year-old said she and her friends had become less worried, as they now know "meningitis is not very transmissible".
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
Asparagus, Dipsacus; and De Vries has shown that the peculiarity is not only transmissible by seed, but may be more or less fixed by appropriate culture.
From Disease in Plants by H. Marshall Ward
