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com·mu·ni·ca·ble

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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

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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 Audio Help (kə-myōō'nĭ-kə-bəl) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Transmittable between persons or species; contagious: communicable diseases.
Readily communicated: communicable ideas.
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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communicable
adjective
1.	(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn: catching]
2.	readily communicated; "communicable ideas"

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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.