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NOTIFIABLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does notifiable mean?
• NOTIFIABLE (adjective)
The adjective NOTIFIABLE has 1 sense:
1. requiring that official notification be given
Familiarity information: NOTIFIABLE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Requiring that official notification be given
Context example:
a notifiable disease
Similar:
reported (made known or told about; especially presented in a formal account)
Derivation:
notify (inform (somebody) of something)
Context examples
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that gonorrhea is the second most commonly reported notifiable disease in the United States.
(Vaccine for Meningitis Shows Some Protection Against Gonorrhea, VOA)
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