What does transmissible mean?
Transmissible means Able to be transmitted..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Able to be transmitted..
Because I think from a public health perspective, knowing that you are transmissible and going around transmitting, because sometimes that's not your main intention. I don't want to go around to transmit. But I think knowing that you are transmissible and still engaging in possible acts that might transmit the virus is an irresponsible thing to do.
2026 April 23, Duncan Leatherdale, "Rapist who infected men and boys with HIV jailed" (BBC News) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckg98qjrllqo Bindloss said Hall had been "fully and repeatedly" warned about the infection risk he posed, yet chose to keep himself "transmissible" while lying about his status to sexual partners in a "significant degree of premeditation".
Use transmissible when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Transmissible means Able to be transmitted..
Common synonyms include familial, hereditary, genetic, contagious.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Because I think from a public health perspective, knowing that you are transmissible and going around transmitting, because sometimes that's not your main intention. I don't want to go around to transmit. But I think knowing that you are transmissible and still engaging in possible acts that might transmit the virus is an irresponsible thing to do.
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