transmitted

1. 1.

   occurring among members of a family usually by heredity

   “an inherited disease”

   “familial traits”

   “genetically transmitted features”

   Synonymsfamilialgenetichereditaryinheritedtransmissible

   Similarinheritable

Questions about transmitted

What does transmitted mean?

transmitted means "occurring among members of a family usually by heredity".

How many syllables are in transmitted?

transmitted has 3 syllables: tran-smit-ted. The stress falls on "smit". In IPA it is /tɹænˈsmɪtɪd/.

What is another word for transmitted?

Close synonyms include familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmissible. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is transmitted a common word?

transmitted is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.