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communicable

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com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅ble

  [kuh-myoo-ni-kuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
2. talkative; communicative.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < LL commūnicābilis, equiv. to commūnicā(re) (see communicate ) + -bilis -ble

Related forms:
com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅bil⋅i⋅ty, com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅ble⋅ness, noun
com⋅mu⋅ni⋅ca⋅bly, adverb
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com·mu·ni·ca·ble   (kə-myōō'nĭ-kə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Transmittable between persons or species; contagious: communicable diseases.

  2. Readily communicated: communicable ideas.

  3. Talkative.

com·mu'ni·ca·bil'i·ty, com·mu'ni·ca·ble·ness n., com·mu'ni·ca·bly adv.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: com·mu·ni·ca·ble
Pronunciation: k&-'myü-ni-k&-b&l
Function: adjective
: capable of being transmittedfrom person to person, animal to animal, animal to human, or human to animal : TRANSMISSIBLE —com·mu·ni·ca·bil·i·ty /-"myü-ni-k&-'bil-&t-E/ noun plural -ties
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communicable com·mu·ni·ca·ble (kə-my&oomacr;'nĭ-kə-bəl)
adj.
Transmittable between persons or species; contagious.

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communicable   (kə-my'nĭ-kə-bəl)  Pronunciation Key 
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.
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