1. (adj)
catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmissible, transmittable
(of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
2. (adj)
familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
"an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
3. (adj)
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"
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