susceptible

English

Etymology

From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipere.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʌˈsɛptɪbəl/

Adjective

susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)

1. likely to be affected by something

   He was susceptible to minor ailments

2. easily influenced or tricked; credulous
3. (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus

Derived terms

• susceptibly
• susceptibility

Translations

likely to be affected by

Arabic: عرضه (ar) Czech: náchylný (cs) m. Dutch: vatbaar (nl) German: anfällig (de), beeindruckbar (de), empfänglich (de), empfindlich (de), suszeptible (de) Hungarian: fogékony (hu)

Polish: podatny (pl) Romanian: susceptibil (ro) Serbian: подложно (sr) n. Turkish: duyarlı (tr), elverişli (tr), müsâit (tr)

especially sensitive

Czech: náchylný (cs) m. Dutch: vatbaar (nl)

Hungarian: érzékeny (hu) Polish: wrażliwy (pl)

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Chinese: 敏锐的, 易受动摇的, 多愁善感的 French: susceptible German: anfällig, empfindlich, störempfindlich

Noun

susceptible (plural susceptibles)

1. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
   • 1983, Topley & Wilson editors, 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.

Coordinate terms

• immune
• infective

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin susceptibilis.

Adjective

susceptible (epicene, plural susceptibles)

1. susceptible

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Spanish

Adjective

susceptible m. and f. (plural susceptibles)

1. amenable