communicable

[ kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buh l ]
/ kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəl /
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adjective

capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
talkative; communicative.

Origin of communicable

1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble

OTHER WORDS FROM communicable

com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty, com·mu·ni·ca·ble·ness, noun com·mu·ni·ca·bly, adverb

Words nearby communicable

communality, communalize, communard, communautaire, commune, communicable, communicable disease, communicable disease center, communicant, communicate, communicating

Words related to communicability

disease, epidemic, virus, bug, pollution, flu, impurity, contagion, poison, corruption, defilement, germs, contagiousness, insanitation, septicity

Example sentences from the Web for communicability

  • The presence of false membranes in one form of mammitis in cows does not necessarily imply its communicability to man.

    Special Report on Diseases of Cattle |U.S. Department of Agriculture

British Dictionary definitions for communicability

communicable
/ (kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) /

adjective

capable of being communicated
(of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily

Derived forms of communicable

communicability or communicableness, noun communicably, adverb

Medical definitions for communicability

communicable
[ kə-myōō′nĭ-kə-bəl ]

adj.

Transmittable between persons or species; contagious.

Scientific definitions for communicability

communicable
[ kə-myōō′nĭ-kə-bəl ]

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.