transmissible

英[trænz'mɪsəbl] 美[træns'mɪsəbl]

1. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection

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"