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Susceptibility

//səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability. countable, uncountable

    "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. 2
    the state of being susceptible; easily affected wordnet
  3. 3
    emotional sensitivity. countable, uncountable

    "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. 4
    Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong). countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity). countable, uncountable

Etymology

From susceptible + -ity.

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