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Definitions

Adjective

1. 1
   Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility

   "Animals injected, as described above, may be rendered hypersusceptible to all bacterial proteins."

Synonyms

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supersusceptible

Example

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"Animals injected, as described above, may be rendered hypersusceptible to all bacterial proteins."

Etymology

From hyper- + susceptible.

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