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Definition of Contractable
1. Adjective. (of disease) capable of being transmitted by infection.
Similar to: Infectious
Derivative terms: Catching, Contagion, Contagion, Transmit
Definition of Contractable
1. Adjective. Capable of being contracted (in various senses). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Contractable
Literary usage of Contractable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... contractable ad,!. (liable to be contracted or acquired, as a disease or ...
capable of contracting; contractil [also, formerly, spelt contractable] ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1820)
"... to which is prefixed, an Experimental Inquiry into the General Nature of
Inflammation, and the contractable Power of the Blood Vessels. ..."
3. The Gentleman's Magazine (1827)
"Had the debt been contractable in specie, there could have been no lenders after
the first fifty millions, for all the specie would have been soon exhausted ..."
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