Exposure to radiation causes susceptibility to mutations.
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Susceptibility
//səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti//
Synonyms for "susceptibility" (161 found)
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lovesicknessmalleabilitymoldabilitymotivationmovabilitynakednessnonimmunityopen-mindednessopennessopenness to sensationpenchantperceptibilityperilpersuadabilityperviousnessphysical sensibilityplasticitypliabilitypliancypredilection
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predispositionprejudiceprobabilityproclivityproficiencypronenesspropensityqualificationquicknessrapturereadinessreadiness of feelingreceptivenessreceptivityresponsivenessromanticismsensationsensation levelsensibilitysensiblenesssensitivenesssensitivitysensitivity tosentiencesentiencysentimentsentimentalitysequacitysexinesssoft spotspringinesssubmissivenesssufficiencysuggestibilitysupplenesssusceptivityswayablenesstalentteachabilityteachablenesstendencytensilenesstensilitythe goodsthe stuffthreshold of sensationtractabilitytractilitytrainablenesstropismturntwistvulnerabilitywarpweaknesswhat it takeswillingnesswillowiness
Noun(2 words)
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6 entriesTranslations
35 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- податливост noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- чувствителност noun (emotional sensitivity)
Catalan
1 entries- susceptibilitat noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Czech
1 entries- náchylnost noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Dutch
4 entries- elektrische susceptibiliteit noun (electric susceptibility)
- gevoeligheid noun (emotional sensitivity)
- lichtgeraaktheid noun (emotional sensitivity)
- susceptibiliteit noun (electric susceptibility)
Finnish
4 entries- alttius noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- herkkyys noun (emotional sensitivity)
- häiriintyvyys noun (electric susceptibility)
- suskeptibiliteetti noun (electric susceptibility)
French
1 entries- susceptibilité noun (the condition of being susceptible)
German
3 entries- Anfälligkeit noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- Empfänglichkeit noun (emotional sensitivity)
- Suszeptibilität noun (electric susceptibility)
Hungarian
3 entries- fogékonyság noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- hajlam noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- hajlamosság noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Irish
1 entries- leochaileacht noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Italian
2 entries- suscettibilità noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- suscettività noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Old English
1 entries- underfangelnes noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Polish
2 entries- czułość noun (emotional sensitivity)
- podatność noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Portuguese
1 entries- suscetibilidade noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Romanian
3 entries- susceptibilitate noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- susceptibilitate noun (emotional sensitivity)
- susceptivitate noun (electric susceptibility)
Spanish
1 entries- suscetibilidad noun (the condition of being susceptible)
Turkish
4 entries- alınganlık noun (electric susceptibility)
- duyarlılık noun (emotional sensitivity)
- hassaslık noun (the condition of being susceptible)
- hassaslık noun (emotional sensitivity)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Climate change and ocean acidification can result in mass coral bleaching events, increased susceptibility to disease, slower growth and reproductive rates, and degraded reef structure.
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They discovered that a genetic variation in people of African descent that once protected them against malaria seems to a play a role in increasing susceptibility to HIV and AIDS.
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Investigators found many genes that influence a person's susceptibility to bipolar disorder. Researchers also pinpointed a genetic region that increased a person's risk of coronary artery disease by almost 50 percent.
Source: tatoeba (12200460)
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