communicable

com·mu·ni·ca·ble

C0517600 (kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kə-bəl)adj.1. Transmittable between persons or species; contagious: communicable diseases.2. Readily communicated: communicable ideas.3. Talkative.

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com·mu′ni·ca·bil′i·ty, com·mu′ni·ca·ble·ness n.com·mu′ni·ca·bly adv.

communicable

(kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) adj1. capable of being communicated2. (Pathology) (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily comˌmunicaˈbility, comˈmunicableness n comˈmunicably adv

com•mu•ni•ca•ble

(kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəl)

adj. 1. capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: a communicable disease. 2. talkative; communicative. [1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin] com•mu`ni•ca•bil′i•ty, com•mu′ni•ca•ble•ness, n. com•mu′ni•ca•bly, adv.

com·mu·ni·ca·ble

(kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kə-bəl) Capable of being transmitted from person to person. Chickenpox is a communicable disease. See Note at infectious.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	communicable - (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infectioncatching, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, contagiousinfectious - easily spread; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders"- Bertrand Russell
	2.	communicable - readily communicated; "communicable ideas"communicatory, communicative - able or tending to communicate; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew"- W.M.Thackeray

communicable

adjective infectious, catching, contagious, transferable, transmittable communicable diseases such as Ebola

communicable

adjective1. Capable of transmission by infection:catching, contagious, infectious, taking.2. Disposed to be open, sociable, and talkative:communicative, expansive, extraverted, extroverted, gregarious, outgoing, unreserved.

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