Definition of communicable
1 : capable of being communicated : transmittable communicable diseases
2 : communicative prove myself a gentleman, by being … virtuous and communicable — Izaac Walton
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Examples of communicable in a Sentence
communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually
Recent Examples of communicable from the Web
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Visas can be denied for cases of fraud, past criminal record, links to terrorist groups, previous immigration violations, communicable disease and drug abuse.
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Alarmed by the trend, the government is working to screen 500 million people aged 30 and older for diabetes and other non-communicable diseases by 2019, and eventually hopes to roll out the screening program to the entire 1.3 billion population.
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Of the top 25 indications — disease states for which a drug would be used — for which there are products in development, 22 are for chronic conditions and non-communicable diseases (cancer, for instance, or heart disease).
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Circa 1533
First Known Use of communicable
circa 1533
COMMUNICABLE Defined for English Language Learners
communicable
playDefinition of communicable for English Language Learners
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medical : able to be passed to another person
COMMUNICABLE Defined for Kids
communicable
playDefinition of communicable for Students
: able to be passed to another person a communicable disease
Medical Dictionary
communicable
playMedical Definition of communicable
: capable of being transmitted from person to person, animal to animal, animal to human, or human to animal : transmissible
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