Transmissible

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, a. [Cf. F. transmissible.]
     Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of
     being passed through any body or substance.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  transmissible
       adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:
               {catching}, {communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable},
               {transmittable}]
       2: tending to occur among members of a family usually by
          heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits";
          "genetically transmitted features" [syn: {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" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary},
           {patrimonial}]