as in infectious
capable of being passed by physical contact from one person to another
the virus chiefly affects dogs but is transmissible to humans and other animals
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Recent Examples of transmissible
Even as the virus became increasingly transmissible, they were forced to rely on escalating lockdowns as their primary tool to combat the pandemic.
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Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2023
Also, relatively few people have received the latest coronavirus booster shots that are geared toward the several highly transmissible omicron subvariants in circulation.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
The zero Covid policy, as it was called, was only abandoned in late 2022 when the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-2 — and the Chinese public’s fatigue with the restrictions of the policy — made the approach untenable.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
China’s economy last year likely grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades, as frequent lockdowns to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus stifled domestic consumption and a real estate downturn showed little sign of reversing.
—Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
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Carl Minzner, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2023
Also, relatively few people have received the latest coronavirus booster shots that are geared toward the several highly transmissible omicron subvariants in circulation.
—Danny Nguyen, Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2023
The zero Covid policy, as it was called, was only abandoned in late 2022 when the highly transmissible Omicron variant of SARS-2 — and the Chinese public’s fatigue with the restrictions of the policy — made the approach untenable.
—Helen Branswell, STAT, 23 Nov. 2023
China’s economy last year likely grew at the slowest pace in more than two decades, as frequent lockdowns to curb the spread of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of the coronavirus stifled domestic consumption and a real estate downturn showed little sign of reversing.
—Stella Yifan Xie, WSJ, 13 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for transmissible
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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Measles outbreaks erupted in the U.S. this year because a highly communicable virus, sometimes circulating abroad, infected a rising population of unvaccinated Americans as well as some visitors from abroad who traveled in this country.—
Alexis Simendinger,
The Hill,
13 Mar. 2025
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Hanage foresees wastewater analysis being used to track other communicable viruses, like mpox.—
Chris Stokel-Walker,
WIRED,
4 Oct. 2024
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“Transmissible.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/transmissible. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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