From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Transmissible \Trans*mis"si*ble\, adjective [Cf. F. transmissible.] Capable of being transmitted from one to another; capable of being passed through any body or substance.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
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}]
3: inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" [syn: {ancestral}, {hereditary}, {patrimonial}]
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