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communicable

[ kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. capable of being easily communicated or transmitted:

    communicable information; a communicable disease.

  2. talkative; communicative.


communicable

/ əˈːɪəə /

adjective

  1. capable of being communicated
  2. (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

communicable

  1. 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.
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Derived Forms

  • dzˌܲԾˈٲ, noun
  • dzˈܲԾ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • dz·n··i·ٲ dz·n···Ա noun
  • dz·n·· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of communicable1

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin dzūԾ, equivalent to dzūԾ ( re ) ( communicate ) + -bilis -ble
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But, he said, getting a cohort of unvaccinated children together puts them in danger of contracting communicable disease.

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Such issues include communicable diseases, water management and renewable energy.

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The improvements were due primarily to decreasing deaths from communicable diseases — at least one of which declined by 99 percent.

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"Vaccines are always our best defence against infectious, communicable diseases," adds Dr Williams.

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“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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