transmissible

adj 1: (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection [syn:

{catching}, {communicable}, {contagious}, {contractable},

{transmittable}]

2: tending to occur among members of a family usually by

heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits";

"genetically transmitted features" [syn: {familial}, {genetic},

{hereditary}, {inherited}, {transmitted}]