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What does communicable mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word communicable? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. (of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or species; contagious or catching
  2. talkative or expansive
  3. readily communicated
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The women and children suffer from malnutrition, communicable diseases, lack of hygiene and sanitation facilities.
The aim of disease carrier control is to minimise the transmission of malaria, dengue fever and any other communicable disease spread by insects.
The success of the immunization programs against these highly communicable diseases have wiped them from our collective memory.
Children whose parents opt not to vaccinate decrease herd immunity, which protects populations from communicable diseases.
The attackers would have little concern of being exposed to secondary infection because Q fever is not communicable.
They state that consultants in communicable disease control provide a valuable role in assessing and explaining the relative risks.

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