transmissible

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

adjective (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection
adjective occurring among members of a family usually by heredity
adjective inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent

From Latin trānsmissus + -ible.

And it's also the very law of those transparent swindles, transmissible nobility and kingship. — A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Mark Twain
Now, suppose that the soma can influence the germ-plasm, as those believe who hold that acquired characters are transmissible. — Creative Evolution, Bergson, Henri
That these may not by some strange process be transmissible, as are traits of character, temperament, stature, colouring, feature, and face? — The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance, Lucas Malet

catching, communicable, contagious, contractable, transmittable

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