Capable of being attributed; able to be assigned as a cause or source to someone or something.
From Latin attributus (past participle of attribuere 'to assign') plus -ble suffix meaning 'able to be.' Related to 'attribute,' this term emphasizes the quality of being assignable or traceable.
When scientists say a disease is 'atrible' to a specific virus, they mean you can definitively connect it as the cause—it's one of those underused words that would make your writing more precise.
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