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# transmissible

adjective (transmissible)

«transmissible» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Transmissible means able to be passed from one person, animal or thing to another, especially a disease: "Measles is very transmissible." [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#m1)
2. (formal) Transmissible can also describe other things that can be passed on, such as traits from parents to children or signals. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science and health lessons it comes up with germs, infections, vaccines and hygiene: washing hands, covering coughs and vaccinations reduce how many people catch a transmissible disease. In news it was used a lot during Covid-19 about new variants. Phrases: "highly transmissible", "more transmissible", "transmissible disease".

### Examples

- Chickenpox is highly transmissible among children. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x1)
- The new variant was more transmissible than the old one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x2)
- Colds are transmissible through coughs and sneezes. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x3)
- Washing your hands helps stop transmissible germs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x4)
- Not all diseases are transmissible; diabetes cannot be caught. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x5)
- Some plant diseases are transmissible by insects. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x6)
- Doctors want to know how transmissible a virus is. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/#x7)

### Note

Spelling ends in -ible. Close words: infectious, contagious, catching. "Transmissible" is a more scientific word. Related noun: transmission; verb: transmit.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «transmissible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/transmissible/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«transmissible» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/transmissible.html) on Mova free.