transmissible
Able to pass
Transmissible describes something that can be passed from one person, organism, or thing to another.
The word appears most often in medical contexts: a transmissible disease, transmissible infections.
Traits or characteristics can also be transmissible: transmissible genetic mutations.
The term emphasizes capacity for transfer rather than the act itself.
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- virusMicroscopic infectious agent
bacteria · pathogen · contagion · plague · endemic · zoonosis · vector · carrier
Act of spreading widely
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- circulationMovement through a system
dispersion · distribution · transfer · conveyance · conduction · permeation · metastasis · vectored
epidemic
Widespread disease occurrence
- pandemicGlobal disease outbreak
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
virus · bacteria · pathogen · contagion · plague · endemic · zoonosis · vector · carrier · host
propagation
Act of spreading widely
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
circulation · dispersion · distribution · transfer · conveyance · conduction · permeation · metastasis · vectored · droplet
- epidemiologyepidemic, epidemiology, pandemic, outbreak, endemic
- medical resultspositive, negative, normal, abnormal, inconclusive
- prion diseasesprions, prion, prion disease, mad cow disease, kuru
transmissiblenontransmissible
Cannot spread between hosts
untransmissible · noncommunicable · noninfectious · non-contagious · noncontagious
transmissiblecontained
Kept within limits
isolated · quarantined · controlled · confined · restricted
transmissiblenonheritable
Not genetically transmitted
acquired · noninheritable · non-hereditary · spontaneous · de novo