communicableadjective
uk/kəˈmjuː.nɪ.kə.bəl/us/kəˈmjuː.nə.kə.bəl/formalable to be given from one person to another:
In this period, there were 974 outbreaks of communicable disease attributed to the consumption of raw milk.
communicable ideas/emotions
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Passing on illness & causing disease
- carrier
- carry
- catch
- epidemic
- harbour
- incubate
- infect
- infected
- infest
- insalubrious
- mediastinum
- non-communicable
- prophylactic
- transmission
- transmit
- unhygienic
- vector
- verminous
- virulence
- virulent
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