communicable
pronunciation
How to pronounce communicable in British English:
UK [kəˈmju:nɪkəbl]
How to pronounce communicable in American English:
US [kəˈmjunɪkəbəl]
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- Adjective:
- (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
- readily communicated
Word Origin
- communicable (adj.)
- late 14c., from Old French communicable, from Late Latin communicabilis, from communicare (see communication).
Synonym
Example
- 1. Success in treating communicable diseases has brought new problems .
- 2. Half of the patients at the missionaries of charity hospice carried communicable diseases .
- 3. Yet necessary public-health interventions are by nature paternalistic : think fluoridation of municipal water supplies , compulsory vaccinations and mandatory reporting of communicable diseases .
- 4. For the first time in history , lifestyle diseases like diabetes , heart disease , some cancers and others kill more people than communicable ones .
- 5. These recommendations are prudent measures which can limit the spread of many communicable diseases , including influenza .