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/kəˈmjuːnɪkəbəl/ · adjective
(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals..
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
Use communicable when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Communicable means (epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals..
Common synonyms include transmissible, spreadable, catching, communicative.
Possible antonyms include nontransmissible, noncommunicable, incommunicable, ineffable.
(but the last two are not interchangeable in formal registers)
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