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Contractable

Capable of being contracted (in various senses).

📖 Definitions of "Contractable"

adjective

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Capable of being contracted (in various senses).
"a disease contractable from tapeworms"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
transmissible	Able to be transmitted.
contagious	(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
infectious	(pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
catchingnoun	The action of the verb catch.
communicable	(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
transmittable	Synonym of transmissible.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
transmittable	Synonym of transmissible.
transmissible	Able to be transmitted.
communicable	(epidemiology, of a disease) Able to be transmitted between people or animals.
catchingnoun	The action of the verb catch.
contagious	(of a disease) Easily transmitted to others.
infectious	(pathology, typically of a person) Able to infect others; capable of transmitting pathogens.
contractible	Capable of contraction
contractile	Capable of contracting, or of being contracted.
subcontractable	Capable of being subcontracted.
transactablenoun	Capable of being transacted.
conjugablenoun	Capable of being conjugated.
bindablenoun	Capable of binding or of being bound
constrainablenoun	Capable of being constrained.
conjugatable	Capable of being conjugated.
committable	Capable of being committed.
assignable	Capable of being assigned (all senses).
restrictable	Capable of being restricted.
contractive	Able to contract; contractile
charterable	Capable of being chartered.
appointable	Capable of being appointed.

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