transmissible Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
    transmittable; contagious; communicable; catching; contractable.
  2. adjective satellite occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
    familial; hereditary; genetic; transmitted; inherited.
    • an inherited disease
    • familial traits
    • genetically transmitted features
  3. adjective satellite inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent
    patrimonial; ancestral; hereditary.
    • ancestral home
    • ancestral lore
    • hereditary monarchy
    • patrimonial estate
    • transmissible tradition

WordNet

Trans*mis"si*ble adjective
Etymology
Cf. F. transmissible.
Definitions
  1. Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.

Webster 1913