transmissible
Example Sentences
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So-called gain-of-function research can theoretically make viruses more transmissible or more deadly.
From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026
Since the pandemic, scientists and politicians have debated the value of “gain of function” research, in which viruses are made more transmissible or otherwise altered so that scientists can understand how they work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Namely, that this virus is far less transmissible.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 11, 2026
However, it isn’t as easily transmissible as Covid.
From Barron's ● May 8, 2026
The changes here, it will be observed, are all of an organic kind, they are a part of the animal and are inseparable from it, and they are only transmissible by biologic heredity.
From A Grammar of Freethought by Chapman Cohen
