susceptible
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipere.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /sʌˈsɛptɪbəl/
Adjective[edit]
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
- likely to be affected by something
- He was susceptible to minor ailments.
- easily influenced or tricked; credulous
- (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
- that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
- Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
- A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
likely to be affected by
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especially sensitive
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Noun[edit]
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
- (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.
- 1983, Topley & Wilson editors, General Microbiology & Immunity[1], ISBN 068309064X, page 417:
Coordinate terms[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin susceptibilis.
Adjective[edit]
susceptible (masculine and feminine, plural susceptibles)
Spanish[edit]
Adjective[edit]
susceptible m and f (plural susceptibles)
