as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually
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Recent Examples of communicable
And necropsy data taken from dead fish samples so far have not turned up any communicable pathogens and the fish were negative for bacterial infections, according to the FWC.
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
And necropsy data taken from dead fish samples so far has not turned up any communicable pathogens and the fish were negative for bacterial infections, according to the FWC.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Fear of disease, for example, can be as communicable as the microbes that cause it.
—Catherine Buerger, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
The new variants of the COVID-19 virus are reported to be very communicable, but weakened in strength — meaning that people are more likely to contract the virus but much less likely to land in the hospital, or even the doctor’s office, as a result of the illness caused by the virus.
—Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 3 May 2024
And necropsy data taken from dead fish samples so far has not turned up any communicable pathogens and the fish were negative for bacterial infections, according to the FWC.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2024
Fear of disease, for example, can be as communicable as the microbes that cause it.
—Catherine Buerger, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
The new variants of the COVID-19 virus are reported to be very communicable, but weakened in strength — meaning that people are more likely to contract the virus but much less likely to land in the hospital, or even the doctor’s office, as a result of the illness caused by the virus.
—Amy Dickinson, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for communicable
Adjective
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That helps determine when and where the person was infectious.—
Madeline Heim,
jsonline.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Probiotics may decrease the duration of diarrhea and can reduce the length of hospital stays associated with infectious diarrhea.1 Evidence from a meta-analysis showed that probiotics can help improve the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).—
Jessica Swirble,
Verywell Health,
5 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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His provisional cause of death was given as multi-organ failure due to infective endocarditis, a rare infection of the inner lining or valves of the heart.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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That anxiety metastasized into an existential terror, as political rhetoric became another kind of highly transmissible, airborne virus.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
17 July 2025
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The hepatitis B vaccine is recommended at birth because the infection, which can lead to permanent liver damage and cancer, is highly transmissible during delivery.—
Isobel Whitcomb,
New York Times,
25 Jan. 2025
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“Communicable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/communicable. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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