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susceptibility

noun
/səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/UK/səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/CA/səˌseptəˈbɪləti/

Etymology

From susceptible + -ity.

  1. derived from susceptus
  2. derived from susceptibilis
  3. formed as susceptibility — “susceptible + -ity”

Definitions

  1. The condition of being susceptible

    The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.

    • It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]

  2. A way in which one is susceptible.

  3. emotional sensitivity.

    • The eyes were large and black, and had the moonlight's melancholy, with that tearful lustre which is the certain sign of keen susceptibility.
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal)

      Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).

    2. electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an…

      electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

The neighborhood

Derived

atherosusceptibility, chemosusceptibility, hypersusceptibility, immunosusceptibility, insusceptibility, magnetic susceptibility, nonsusceptibility, supersusceptibility, trypanosusceptibility, unsusceptibility

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA