| Communicable Diseases Communicable is defined as "able to be communicated or transmitted" in the American Heritage Dictionary. In the context of disease, the word essentially means "catchable". A person with a communicable disease is said to be contagious. Cerebral palsy is not a communicable disease. You cannot "catch" it. Web Resources for Communicable Diseases: Communicable Disease - NY State Dept. of Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Contagious / Communicable Diseases - McKinley Health Center - University of Illinois Communicable Diseases - Google Search |
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