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Meanings of communicable in English

(Of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection.

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Communicable.

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Usage of communicable in English
1
They believe the disease is communicable; and this is obviously not so.
Immortality Inc.
2
Oh college-thosehalcyon days of young love, bong hits, and communicable diseases.
Wired
3
He was beginning to believe that Roland's illness was a communicable disease.
The waste lands
4
Results: Many communicable and noncommunicable diseases are associated with specific blood groups.
Pubmed
5
Feelings long vague had begun to put on shapes definite and communicable.
There & Back
6
The stars being communicable yet, what wouldst thou have asked them next?
The Prince of India; Or, Why Constantinople Fell — Volume 01
7
By my life, I swear that what ails me is not communicable.
The dog said bow-wow
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Non-communicable diseases account for half of hospital admissions in Kenya, the government says.
Reuters
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TB and HIV comorbidities with other communicable and non-communicable diseases were also common.
Pubmed
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Invasive pneumococcal and influenza diseases have been major vaccine-available communicable diseases.
Pubmed
11
Once the disease takes hold in a few individuals, it becomes completely communicable.
The Mammoth Book of Steampunk
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Civilization is not communicable to all; many savage tribes are incapable of it.
Atlantis: The Antedeluvian World
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No comprehensive audit standards for outbreaks of communicable diseases were found.
Pubmed
14
This is one of the most infectious and easily communicable diseases.
Disease and Its Causes
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Of all communicable things, reflection and gravity are the most contagious.
Ferragus, Chief of the Dévorants
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His conclusion was that the specific communicable diseases are produced by specific organisms.
Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881
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