| communicable | | |
| adj. | 1. catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection. |
| ~ infectious | easily spread.; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders" |
| adj. | 2. communicable | readily communicated.; "communicable ideas" |
| ~ communicatory, communicative | able or tending to communicate.; "was a communicative person and quickly told all she knew" |
| infectious | | |
| adj. | 1. infectious, infective | caused by infection or capable of causing infection.; "viruses and other infective agents"; "a carrier remains infective without himself showing signs of the disease" |
| ~ infected, septic | containing or resulting from disease-causing organisms.; "a septic sore throat"; "a septic environment"; "septic sewage" |
| adj. | 2. infectious | easily spread.; "fear is exceedingly infectious; children catch it from their elders" |
| ~ catching, communicable, contractable, transmissible, transmittable, contagious | (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection. |
| ~ contagious | easily diffused or spread as from one person to another.; "a contagious grin" |
| ~ contaminating, corrupting | that infects or taints. |
| adj. (pertain) | 3. infectious | of or relating to infection.; "infectious hospital"; "infectious disease" |
| transmissible | | |
| adj. | 1. familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible, transmitted | occurring among members of a family usually by heredity.; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" |
| ~ heritable, inheritable | capable of being inherited.; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" |
| adj. | 2. ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial, transmissible | inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent.; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" |
| ~ law, jurisprudence | the collection of rules imposed by authority.; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order" |
| ~ heritable, inheritable | capable of being inherited.; "inheritable traits such as eye color"; "an inheritable title" |
| taint | | |
| n. (state) | 1. contamination, taint | the state of being contaminated. |
| ~ impureness, impurity | the condition of being impure. |
| ~ dust contamination | state of being contaminated with dust. |
| v. (contact) | 2. cloud, corrupt, defile, sully, taint | place under suspicion or cast doubt upon.; "sully someone's reputation" |
| ~ mar, deflower, impair, vitiate, spoil | make imperfect.; "nothing marred her beauty" |
| v. (body) | 3. infect, taint | contaminate with a disease or microorganism. |
| ~ superinfect | infect (an infected cell) further or infect a cell already containing similar organisms. |
| ~ smut | affect with smut or mildew, as of a crop such as corn. |
| ~ contaminate, pollute, foul | make impure.; "The industrial wastes polluted the lake" |
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