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NONTRANSMISSIBLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nontransmissible mean?
• NONTRANSMISSIBLE (adjective)
The adjective NONTRANSMISSIBLE has 2 senses:
1. not acquirable by inheritance
2. (of disease) not capable of being passed on
Familiarity information: NONTRANSMISSIBLE used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NONTRANSMISSIBLE (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Not acquirable by inheritance
Synonyms:
nonhereditary; nontransmissible
Similar:
nonheritable; noninheritable (not inheritable)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of disease) not capable of being passed on
Synonyms:
noncommunicable; noncontagious; nontransmissible
Similar:
noninfectious (not infectious)
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