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adjective(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
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"communicable ideas"adjectivereadily communicated
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Definition that contains communicable
- dose a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- anthrax a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia
- leprosy chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
- std a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- vd a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- social disease a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- vincent's angina an acute communicable infection of the respiratory tract and mouth marked by ulceration of the mucous membrane
- hansen's disease chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae
- venereal disease a communicable infection transmitted by sexual intercourse or genital contact
- scarlatina an acute communicable disease (usually in children) characterized by fever and a red rash