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单词 communicable
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Definition of communicable in English:

communicable

adjective kəˈmjuːnɪkəb(ə)lkəˈmjunəkəb(ə)l
  • 1Able to be communicated to others.

    the value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Of course, I'm not sure how communicable his skills are.
    • This understanding should be communicable to others, at least in the form of examples, and possibly (preferably) in the form of some general theory of software quality.
    • Contributions made to the record of each patient by various health care professionals should be communicable to all other professionals involved in the patient's care process.
    1. 1.1 (of a disease) able to be transmitted from one sufferer to another; contagious or infectious.
      the fight against communicable disease
      a highly communicable form of conjunctivitis
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They state that consultants in communicable disease control provide a valuable role in assessing and explaining the relative risks.
      • It is estimated that nearly 60-70 per cent of all disabilities are due to preventable causes like malnutrition, communicable diseases, childhood infections or accidents.
      • People are forced into overcrowded camps and public buildings, and spread of communicable diseases is facilitated.
      • This is why they are called infectious or communicable diseases.
      • The importance of people taking medicines extends beyond individuals to communities when medicines are crucial for treatment of communicable diseases and prevention of transmission.
      • The progress ranges from substantial successes in reducing infant mortality and increasing life span to the reduction of childhood malnutrition and the prevalence of communicable, infectious diseases.
      • The women and children suffer from malnutrition, communicable diseases, lack of hygiene and sanitation facilities.
      • Every duck, chicken and goose on the island had to be killed, and Webster considered it ‘a near miss for our species’: the strain could pass from animals to humans but wasn't communicable between humans themselves.
      • The success of the immunization programs against these highly communicable diseases have wiped them from our collective memory.
      • In addition to paediatrics and infectious and communicable diseases, he long fostered an interest in environmental hazards, such as air pollution.
      • These common communicable diseases cannot be eliminated if the levels of immunisation in the community fall below a critical value.
      • It requires donor screening and testing to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases.
      • At this point, the mortality rate among infected humans is running right at about 50 percent, but that hardly means that is what it would look like if the virus became human-to-human communicable.
      • Services that are important for public health (such as treatment of communicable diseases, immunisation of children, family planning, antenatal care) are often exempt from fees.
      • What if the virus mutates into something considerably more communicable, or something that can't easily be detected and screened out of the blood supply with current tests?
      • While it is a serious step to limit a person's freedom of movement, there seems to be little alternative in the case of highly infectious communicable diseases.
      • Vaccination has a heroic history in the control of communicable diseases.
      • Most of the communicable diseases are transmitted through water.
      • Some of our friends here are suffering from communicable diseases like scabies and coughs.
      • The infected student, who's identity remains confidential, had a form of tuberculosis that was potentially communicable through the air.
      Synonyms
      contagious, infectious, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, conveyable, spreadable, spreading
      informal catching
      dated infective

Derivatives

  • communicability

  • noun kəmjuːnɪkəˈbɪlɪtikəˌmjunəkəˈbɪlədi
    • In not a single case has human-to-human communicability been confirmed.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • In this article, we'll examine the symptoms, the treatment, and the communicability of the disease, and we'll find out what is being done to cure and control the condition.
      • Again, it'll take more time and more cases to know exactly when someone becomes contagious, and for how long communicability lasts after infection.
      • He presumed that if there is to be development, there must be better communicability.
      • But there has been, as I perceive it, a profound loss of faith in contemporary music's communicability to a wider audience, and to be honest I think a fair number of composers nowadays don't really care.
  • communicably

  • adverb
    • The receiver is communicably connected to the server and capable of sending a signal.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • They would slowly be communicably transmitting it to the world.
      • In the early 1920's American citizens were being plagued by diphtheria, a highly communicably disease that was more often than not fatal at the time.
      • Thus far, there have been no findings on the virus’ ability to be passed communicably, through coughs, sneezes or handshakes.
      • Significant issues will include ER visits, hospitalization, and illnesses that are communicably contagious.

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense 'communicating, having communication'): from Old French, from late Latin communicabilis, from the verb communicare 'to share' (see communicate).

 
 

Definition of communicable in US English:

communicable

adjectivekəˈmyo͞onəkəb(ə)lkəˈmjunəkəb(ə)l
  • 1Able to be communicated to others.

    the value of the product must be communicable to the potential consumers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Contributions made to the record of each patient by various health care professionals should be communicable to all other professionals involved in the patient's care process.
    • This understanding should be communicable to others, at least in the form of examples, and possibly (preferably) in the form of some general theory of software quality.
    • Of course, I'm not sure how communicable his skills are.
    1. 1.1 (of a disease) able to be transmitted from one sufferer to another; contagious or infectious.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Services that are important for public health (such as treatment of communicable diseases, immunisation of children, family planning, antenatal care) are often exempt from fees.
      • The success of the immunization programs against these highly communicable diseases have wiped them from our collective memory.
      • The importance of people taking medicines extends beyond individuals to communities when medicines are crucial for treatment of communicable diseases and prevention of transmission.
      • They state that consultants in communicable disease control provide a valuable role in assessing and explaining the relative risks.
      • The progress ranges from substantial successes in reducing infant mortality and increasing life span to the reduction of childhood malnutrition and the prevalence of communicable, infectious diseases.
      • It requires donor screening and testing to prevent the transmission of communicable diseases.
      • At this point, the mortality rate among infected humans is running right at about 50 percent, but that hardly means that is what it would look like if the virus became human-to-human communicable.
      • What if the virus mutates into something considerably more communicable, or something that can't easily be detected and screened out of the blood supply with current tests?
      • It is estimated that nearly 60-70 per cent of all disabilities are due to preventable causes like malnutrition, communicable diseases, childhood infections or accidents.
      • Some of our friends here are suffering from communicable diseases like scabies and coughs.
      • Every duck, chicken and goose on the island had to be killed, and Webster considered it ‘a near miss for our species’: the strain could pass from animals to humans but wasn't communicable between humans themselves.
      • This is why they are called infectious or communicable diseases.
      • The infected student, who's identity remains confidential, had a form of tuberculosis that was potentially communicable through the air.
      • In addition to paediatrics and infectious and communicable diseases, he long fostered an interest in environmental hazards, such as air pollution.
      • Most of the communicable diseases are transmitted through water.
      • While it is a serious step to limit a person's freedom of movement, there seems to be little alternative in the case of highly infectious communicable diseases.
      • People are forced into overcrowded camps and public buildings, and spread of communicable diseases is facilitated.
      • Vaccination has a heroic history in the control of communicable diseases.
      • The women and children suffer from malnutrition, communicable diseases, lack of hygiene and sanitation facilities.
      • These common communicable diseases cannot be eliminated if the levels of immunisation in the community fall below a critical value.
      Synonyms
      contagious, infectious, transmittable, transmissible, transferable, conveyable, spreadable, spreading

Origin

Late Middle English (in the sense ‘communicating, having communication’): from Old French, from late Latin communicabilis, from the verb communicare ‘to share’ (see communicate).

 
 
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