communicable
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nɪ adjective
1.
capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
2.
talkative; communicative.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent to commūnicā(re) (see communicate) + -bilis -ble
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin commūnicābilis, equivalent 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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communicable (kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | capable of being communicated |
| 2. | (of a disease or its causative agent) capable of being passed on readily |
| communica'bility | |
| —n | |
| com'municableness | |
| —n | |
| com'municably | |
| —adv | |
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Communicable
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| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
communicable
late 14c., from Fr. communicable, from L. *communicabilis, from communicare "to share, divide out; impart, inform; join, unite, participate in," lit. "to make common," from communis (see common).
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Medical Dictionary
communicable com·mu·ni·ca·ble (kə-my&oomacr;'nĭ-kə-bəl)
adj.
Transmittable between persons or species; contagious.
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Science Dictionary
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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Example sentences
Tetanus is one of those weird vaccines in that it is the only one that protects against a disease that is not communicable.
Language, the ever evolving medium that transforms our experience into something communicable, evolves into simplicity.
He lived in a sparsely settled world where communicable diseases were rare, so his immune system had not evolved to fight them.
Foot-and-mouth disease is a severe, highly communicable viral disease of cattle and swine.
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