TRANSMISSIBLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does transmissible mean? 

• TRANSMISSIBLE (adjective)
  The adjective TRANSMISSIBLE has 3 senses:

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

2. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

3. inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

  Familiarity information: TRANSMISSIBLE used as an adjective is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRANSMISSIBLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

Synonyms:

catching; communicable; contagious; contractable; transmissible; transmittable

Similar:

infectious (easily spread)

Derivation:

transmit (transfer to another)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

Synonyms:

familial; genetic; hereditary; inherited; transmissible; transmitted

Context example:

genetically transmitted features

Similar:

heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)

Derivation:

transmit (transfer to another)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

Synonyms:

ancestral; hereditary; patrimonial; transmissible

Context example:

transmissible tradition

Similar:

heritable; inheritable (capable of being inherited)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

 Context examples 

Any transmissible change in the genetic material of an organism, which can result from radiation, viral infection, transposition, treatment with mutagenic chemicals and errors during DNA replication or meiosis.

(Mutation, NCI Thesaurus)

It is characterized by respiratory and nervous symptoms in fowl and is transmissible to man causing a severe, but transient conjunctivitis.

(Newcastle Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

These transmissible RNA molecules are produced by the honey bee’s genes and by disease agents such as viruses.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)

CJD is an incurable — and ultimately fatal — transmissible, neurodegenerative disorder in the family of prion diseases.

(NIH scientists and collaborators find infectious prion protein in skin of CJD patients, National Institutes of Health)

Canine transmissible venereal tumour’ is a cancer that spreads between dogs through the transfer of living cancer cells, primarily during mating.

(The curious tale of the cancer ‘parasite’ that sailed the seas, University of Cambridge)

A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years.

(Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

Transmissible cancers are incredibly rare in nature, yet have arisen in Tasmanian devils on at least two separate occasions.

(Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils, University of Cambridge)

Further experiments showed that transmissible RNA was able to activate a mechanism called 'RNA interference' to block the activity of some genes and reduce the production of certain honey bee proteins.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)

In 2014, routine diagnostic screening revealed a second transmissible cancer in Tasmanian devils, devil facial tumour 2 (DFT2), which causes facial tumours indistinguishable to the naked eye from those caused by DFT1, and which is probably also spread by biting.

(Human anti-cancer drugs could help treat transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils, University of Cambridge)

The findings demonstrate that bees share ‘transmissible RNA’ among members of the colony, likely as a way of sharing immunity among members and generations in the hive and to enable other bees to adapt to different environmental conditions.

(Discovery of RNA transfer through royal jelly could aid development of honey bee vaccines, University of Cambridge)