susceptible

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

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

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  • IPA: /sʌˈsɛptɪbəl/

[edit] 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

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[edit] 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.

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From Late Latin susceptibilis.

[edit] Adjective

susceptible (epicene, plural susceptibles)

  1. susceptible

[edit] Spanish

[edit] Adjective

susceptible m. and f. (plural susceptibles)

  1. amenable
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