TRANSMITTABLE Synonyms: 17 Similar and Opposite Words

transmittable

adjective

as in infectious

capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another that disease is only transmittable through direct contact with an infected person, not through contact with something the infected person has touched

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as in transportable

capable of being taken from one place to another by public carrier I doubt that fireworks are legally transmittable through the mail

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Adjective

Raw milk and some types of raw cheese can be a source of many kinds of germs, and lab tests show that bird flu virus in raw milk can be infectious.

CNN.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
Taking place in a heavily quarantine world, a 'rage virus' was unwittingly released from an animal testing facility and unleashed on the public, turning them into vicious, cannibalistic killers with highly infectious properties.

Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024

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