transmissible meaning and definition

TRANSMISSIBLE adjective

Definition of transmissible (adjective)

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