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communicable
[ kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl ]
adjective
- capable of being easily communicated or transmitted:
communicable information; a communicable disease.
- talkative; communicative.
communicable
/ əˈːɪəə /
adjective
- capable of being communicated
- (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily
communicable
- Capable of being transmitted from a person or animal to another person or animal, either through direct or indirect transmission, including insect or other vectors. Chickenpox is a communicable disease.
Derived Forms
- dzˌܲԾˈٲ, noun
- dzˈܲԾ, adverb
Other Word Forms
- dz·n··i·ٲ dz·n···Ա noun
- dz·n·· adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of communicable1
Example Sentences
But, he said, getting a cohort of unvaccinated children together puts them in danger of contracting communicable disease.
Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.
The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.
"Vaccines are always our best defence against infectious, communicable diseases," adds Dr Williams.
“We have had multiple dairies refuse a site visit,” wrote the communicable disease program manager in Weld, Colorado, in a July 2 email.
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