transmissible
capable of being transmitted.
Origin of transmissible
1Other words from transmissible
- trans·mis·si·bil·i·ty, noun
- un·trans·mis·si·ble, adjective
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How to use transmissible in a sentence
Early analysis suggests it may be as much as 70% more transmissible than other circulating strains.
U.S. will now require COVID negative test for travelers departing from U.K. | Rachel King | December 25, 2020 | FortuneScientists advising the UK government have speculated that it could be as much as 70% more transmissible than previously known versions.
Don’t panic about the latest coronavirus mutations, say drug companies | David Rotman | December 23, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewIt’s unclear, however, whether all the observations together stem from a more transmissible virus, which could be harder to control.
The new U.K. coronavirus variant is concerning. But don’t freak out | Erin Garcia de Jesus | December 22, 2020 | Science NewsBritish government scientists said on Saturday that tests had shown the new strain was 70% more transmissible than the original virus.
The U.K. is facing a Christmas food crisis, as France closes border to trucks over mutant COVID-19 strain | Jeremy Kahn | December 21, 2020 | FortuneIt’s 70% more transmissible than earlier variants, experts believe, and responsible for most new cases of Covid-19 in the region.
The UK’s new coronavirus strain is already having a global impact | Hasit Shah | December 21, 2020 | Quartz
Mr. Galton first took up the subject of the transmissibility of intellectual gifts in his 'Hereditary Genius' .
But Weismann's argument rests not merely upon any difficulty or impossibility of the transmissibility of acquired characteristics.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason TylerThe importance of use and disuse, and the transmissibility of their effects, would seem to supply a factor essential to evolution.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason TylerThese results appear to conflict most seriously with the theory of the transmissibility of acquired modifications.
Parallel Paths | Thomas William RollestonOn these and similar phenomena depend the relative permanency and transmissibility of the variations.
Disease in Plants | H. Marshall Ward
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