1. (

• catching ,
• communicable ,
• contagious ,
• contractable ,
• transmissible ,
• transmittable

) (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection ;

2. (

• familial ,
• genetic ,
• hereditary ,
• inherited ,
• transmitted ,
• transmissible ,

) occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features" ;

3. (

• ancestral ,
• hereditary ,
• patrimonial ,
• transmissible ,

) inherited or inheritable by established rules (usually legal rules) of descent; "ancestral home"; "ancestral lore"; "hereditary monarchy"; "patrimonial estate"; "transmissible tradition" ;