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com·mu·ni·ca·ble

(kə-myo͞o′nĭ-kə-bəl)
adj.
1. Transmittable between persons or species; contagious: communicable diseases.
2. Readily communicated: communicable ideas.
3. Talkative.
com·mu′ni·ca·bil′i·ty, com·mu′ni·ca·ble·ness n.
com·mu′ni·ca·bly adv.
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communicability

[kəˌmjuːnɪkəˈbɪlɪtɪ] n → comunicabilità
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The patient's communicability period was presumed to have begun 2 weeks before symptom onset, on April 19.
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