transmissible

/trænzˈmɪs.ə.bəl/ (bre, ipa) · /trænzˈmɪs.ə.bəl/ (ame, ipa) · /tran(t)s-ˈmi-sə-bəl How to pronounce transmissible (audio) tranz-/ (ame, mw)

transmissible — adjective

  • transmissiblepositive
  • more transmissiblecomparative
  • most transmissiblesuperlative

1. describing an illness, virus, or parasite that can spread between people or anim

1.形容詞C1
釋義

describing an illness, virus, or parasite that can spread between people or animals by contact or another route such as air, blood, water, or bites.

例句

Chickenpox is transmissible for several days before the rash appears.

predicative: be transmissible before symptoms appear

The vet explained the ringworm was transmissible from cats to children.

pattern: transmissible from X to Y

同義詞
  • communicable

    close formal synonym used in public-health reports and official disease categories

  • contagious

    everyday word that usually makes people think of easy spread by close contact

  • infectious

    focuses on germs causing infection inside the body rather than on the route alone

反義詞
  • non-communicable

    standard public-health opposite for illnesses that do not pass between hosts

  • noninfectious

    medical opposite that stresses the absence of infection or spread

文法句型

transmissible disease

be transmissible from X to Y

be transmissible by/through + route

用法筆記

Most often modifies disease nouns such as disease, virus, infection, or parasite. Distinguish from the everyday word 'contagious': transmissible sounds more technical and is often used when doctors or scientists want to mention the route of spread.

常見錯誤

❌The meeting notes are transmissible to the whole team.
✅The meeting notes are shareable with the whole team.
💡transmissible is mainly used for illnesses, viruses, or parasites, not ordinary documents.
❌Malaria is transmissible with mosquitoes.
✅Malaria is transmissible through mosquito bites.
💡use by or through to name the route of spread, not with.