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communicable

adjective

com·​mu·​ni·​ca·​ble kə-ˈmyü-ni-kə-bəl How to pronounce communicable (audio)
1
: capable of being communicated : transmittable
communicable diseases
a communicable skin rash
see also communicable disease
2
: communicative
prove myself a gentleman, by being … virtuous and communicable Izaac Walton
communicability noun
communicableness noun
communicably adverb

Example Sentences

communicable diseases that are usually transmitted sexually
Recent Examples on the Web Among them was Jim Murphy, a veteran of almost 33 years at the state’s Department of Health and head of its communicable diseases division. Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 7 Sep. 2022 For the past four years, on average, the Carter Center has dedicated $70 million annually to the eradication of communicable diseases and another $24 million on election monitoring around the world. Chicago Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022 Portland Public Schools will also maintain a data dashboard to track not just COVID-19 but also communicable diseases like chickenpox, meningitis and measles. oregonlive, 29 Aug. 2022 But unlike horseshoes and hand grenades, close doesn't cut it for communicable diseases. Peter Weber, The Week, 20 Aug. 2022 Horse owners around the world are monitoring a new outbreak of the equine herpes virus, a highly communicable virus that targets a horse’s nervous system and can be fatal. Chris Perkins, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Mar. 2021 Always highly sensitive to communicable disease outbreaks, the nation has shut its borders even more tightly than normal, worried that its fragile health care system and rickety economy could not withstand a major outbreak. Star Tribune, 28 July 2021 High demand can create delays in testing turnaround time at public health labs, said Bryon Backenson, the director of communicable diseases at the New York State Department of Health. Madison Muller, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2022 One of the main roles of public health departments is to gather health information about communicable diseases and convey that information to the public so that outbreaks do not spread further. Daphne Chen, Journal Sentinel, 7 June 2022 See More

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1533, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of communicable was circa 1533

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