communicable
(adjective) readily communicated; “communicable ideas”
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(adjective) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
Source: WordNet® 3.1
communicable (comparative more communicable, superlative most communicable)
(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals; contagious or catching.
Readily communicated.
Talkative or expansive.
• incommunicable
Source: Wiktionary
Com*mu"ni*ca*ble, a. Etym: [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]
1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.
2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
– Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n.
– Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
28 November 2024
(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)
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