Capable of being communicated or transmitted; said especially of disease.
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com·mu·ni·ca·ble kə-'myü-ni-kə-bəl adj capable of being transmitted from person to person, animal to animal, animal to human, or human to animal: TRANSMISSIBLE
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com·mu·ni·ca·ble (kə-muґnĭ-kə-bəl) capable of being transmitted from one individual to another; contagious. Cf. infectious.Medical dictionary. 2011.