transmissible

Example Sentences

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Even though this is not an easily transmitted disease, it is transmissible and has a high mortality rate, Iovine said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 11, 2026

However, it isn’t as easily transmissible as Covid.

From Barron's • May 8, 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

The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The close association and repeated contact of man with these animals has resulted in his contracting such of their diseases as are transmissible to him.

From A Synopsis of the North American Lagomorpha by Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)