transmissible

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

transmissible
    adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
           [syn: {catching}, {communicable}, {contagious},
           {contractable}, {transmissible}, {transmittable}]
    2: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an
       inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically
       transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic},
       {hereditary}, {inherited}, {transmitted}, {transmissible}]
    3: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal
       rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore";
       "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible
       tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary}, {patrimonial},
       {transmissible}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.]
   Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of
   being passed through any body or substance.
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