transmissible

adjective

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

Similar word(s): infectious, catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmittable

2. occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

Similar word(s): heritable, inheritable, familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted

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

- transmissible tradition

Similar word(s): heritable, inheritable, ancestral, hereditary, patrimonial