susceptible
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From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipere.
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susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
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- likely to be affected by something
- He was susceptible to minor ailments
- easily influenced or tricked; credulous
- (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
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susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
- 1983, Topley & Wilson eds., General Microbiology & Immunity[1], ISBN 068309064X, page 417:
- In either instance a decrease in the number of susceptibles, by making the spread of virus less easy, tends towards a stage at which the infection dies out.
- 1983, Topley & Wilson eds., General Microbiology & Immunity[1], ISBN 068309064X, page 417:
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From Late Latin susceptibilis.
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susceptible
