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transmissible

trans·mis·sible

uncommon

adjective

2.

tending to occur among members of a family usually by heredity

  • “an inherited disease”
  • “familial traits”
  • “genetically transmitted features”
3.

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

  • “ancestral home”
  • “ancestral lore”
  • “hereditary monarchy”
  • “patrimonial estate”
  • “transmissible tradition”

Origin

From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.

Phrases

  • transmissible spongiform encephalopathy

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