communicable

Examples

• All

• The Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors offers a continuing education program on communicable disease.

  Academic text (2004)

• Migratory marginal populations pose several problems to the native community, e.g., the spread of communicable diseases.

  Academic text (2007)

• Well, OK, is a healthcare professional I come in contact with, you know, a lot of people with communicable diseases.

• The lieutenant feels there is still the possibility of a communicable infection.

  Alien³ (1992)

• Instead, they are most often responsible for all communicable disease investigations and reporting for their state.

  Academic text (2010)

• Actually, the risk of illness increases and the risk of the spread of communicable diseases increases.

  Harvard University

• The Vancouver environmental health officers have numerous opportunities to learn about communicable disease control and epidemiology.

  Academic text (2004)

• The Health Protection Unit also participates in communicable disease surveillance and emergency preparedness.

  Academic text (2004)

• Surgeons also experience two other main difficulties: fatigue and exposure to communicable disease.

  Academic text (2003)

• Healthcare workers must take precautions when treating patients with communicable diseases to prevent outbreaks.

Synonyms

C

contagious

vscommunicable

108 3.1

Something that spreads from one person to another, like a disease or feeling

is restricted to disease transmission usually by infection rather than to emotions or ideas

I

infectious

vscommunicable

• Specialized

76 3.9

A disease that can spread from one person to another

refers to the disease's ability to spread rather than to the agent itself

T

transmissible

vscommunicable

• Specialized

3 5.3

Able to pass from one person or animal to another by infection

is limited to diseases rather than any broader medical condition

T

transmittable

vscommunicable

2 3.9

Able to pass from one person or animal to another

focuses on person to person or organism transmission rather than places

I

infective

vscommunicable

• Specialized

1 7.4

Able to make people sick and spread disease

is about being passed between organisms rather than actively causing infection

C

contractable

vscommunicable

• Specialized

7.1

Able to be caught from another person and make you sick

is about spread between organisms more generally, not only to others

C

contractible

vscommunicable

• Specialized

6.5

Easily caught and spread among people or animals

highlights transmission between organisms rather than individual acquisition

C

catching

vscommunicable

3.5

Able to spread from one person to another, like a cold

is about transmission among organisms in general rather than only people

C

catchable

vscommunicable

4.7

Easy to get, especially an illness that spreads between people

focuses on being passed between organisms rather than general acquisition

S

spreadable

vscommunicable

3.9

Able to pass from one person to another

is usually used only for diseases passing between organisms, not places

Antonyms

N

noncommunicable

• Specialized

6.3

A disease that cannot be passed from one person to another

Compounds

C

communicable disease

• Specialized

7 3.6

A disease that spreads between people or animals, often by touch

How Contagious

infectious

• Specialized

76 3.9

contagious

108 3.1

communicable

• Specialized

9 4.2

noninfectious

• Specialized

1 4.6

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology