What does communicable mean?
Definitions for communicable
kəˈmyu nɪ kə bəlcom·mu·ni·ca·ble
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word communicable.
Princeton's WordNet
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittableadjective
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
communicableadjective
readily communicated
"communicable ideas"
Wiktionary
communicableadjective
Able to be transmitted between people or species; contagious or catching
communicableadjective
talkative or expansive
communicableadjective
readily communicated
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Communicableadjective
Etymology: from communicate.
Sith eternal life is communicable unto all, it behooveth that the word of God be so likewise. Richard Hooker, b. v. sect. 20.
Nor let thine own inventions hope
Things not reveal’d, which th’ invisible king,
Only omniscient, hath suppress’d in night,
To none communicable in earth or heav’n. John Milton, Par. Lost.The happy place
Rather inflames thy torment, representing
Lost bliss, to thee no more communicable. John Milton, Par. Reg.
ChatGPT
communicable
Communicable refers to a type of disease or condition that can be spread from one person or organism to another through direct or indirect contact. This includes diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, parasites, and fungi, which can be transmitted through sexual contact, blood, airborne inhalation, or through bites from insects or animals.
Webster Dictionary
Communicableadjective
capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge
Communicableadjective
communicative; free-speaking
Etymology: [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of communicable in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of communicable in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of communicable in a Sentence
It's important to remember that's where the WHO came from, non-communicable diseases (such as heart diseases, cancer and diabetes) just weren't on their radar at all.
This law leaves medical exemptions up to medical professionals and ensures that Maine children are better protected from the spread of dangerous communicable diseases.
When you get to a highly communicable disease, that's when we all suffer the consequences, my fate is very much tied to everyone else's fate.
Cutting off funding to districts which choose to require masking to prevent the spread of Covid-19, a potentially deadly communicable disease, would violate the states' paramount duty' to educate all children, not just the unmasked.
They're trying to take away my choice as a parent, how can they require this? It's not a disease that's communicable in classrooms.
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