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transmitted

ADJECTIVE

acquired

Synonyms

STRONG

accrued bequeathed endowed given granted inherited

WEAK

handed-down passed on

Antonyms

WEAK

deprived forfeited lost

ADJECTIVE

hereditary

Synonyms

STRONGEST

genetic inborn

WEAK

ancestral bequeathed family genealogical handed-down heritable inbred inheritable inherited lineal maternal paternal patrimonial traditional transmissible willed

Antonyms

STRONGEST

acquired

ADJECTIVE

sent

Synonyms

STRONG

appointed commissioned committed consigned delegated directed discharged dispatched emitted gone issued mailed ordered posted transported

Antonyms

WEAK

held-back kept restrained

ADJECTIVE

traditional

Synonyms

STRONGEST

classic classical common conventional historic long-established old popular regular time-honored universal

WEAK

acceptable accustomed acknowledged ancestral customary doctrinal fixed folk habitual immemorial oral prescribed rooted sanctioned taken for granted unwritten widely used widespread

Antonyms

STRONGEST

abnormal different extraordinary infrequent irregular modern new rare uncommon unusual

WEAK

fresh unestablished unfixed untraditional

ADJECTIVE

transferred

Synonyms

STRONG

conveyed reassigned relocated removed sent shifted shipped transplanted transported

WEAK

restationed

Antonyms

WEAK

fixed stationed

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Rickettsia lanei comes from the spotted fever group Rickettsia, bacteria transmitted to humans from the bite of an infected tick.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 16, 2026

It can also be transmitted by touching contaminated objects such as needles, bedding or clothing.

From BBC • May 30, 2026

This hormone activated enteric neurons connected to the gut, which then quickly transmitted signals to the brain through a direct gut-brain neural pathway.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

Most Ebola spillover events, which is when a virus like Ebola is transmitted to humans, occur in miners working deep in caves where bats live.

From MarketWatch • May 17, 2026

John Zenilman of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, an expert on sexually transmitted diseases, has another explanation: the breakdown of medical services in the city’s poorest neighborhoods.

From "The Tipping Point" by Malcolm Gladwell

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