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susceptible

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sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅ble

  [suh-sep-tuh-buhl]
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–adjective
1. admitting or capable of some specified treatment: susceptible of a high polish; susceptible to various interpretations.
2. accessible or especially liable or subject to some influence, mood, agency, etc.: susceptible to colds; susceptible to flattery.
3. capable of being affected emotionally; impressionable.
Origin:
1595–1605; < LL susceptibilis, equiv. to suscept(us), ptp. of suscipere to take up, support (sus- sus- + -cep-, comb form of capere to take, capture + -tus ptp. suffix) + -ibilis -ible

Related forms:
sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅ble⋅ness, noun
sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅bly, adverb
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sus·cep·ti·ble   (sə-sěp'tə-bəl)   
adj.  

  1. Easily influenced or affected: "She suddenly was too susceptible to her past" (Jimmy Breslin).

  2. Likely to be affected: susceptible to colds.

  3. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.

  4. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing: a statement susceptible of proof; a disease susceptible to treatment.


[Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, past participle of suscipere, to receive : sub-, from below; see sub- + capere, to take; see kap- in Indo-European roots.]
sus·cep'ti·ble·ness n., sus·cep'ti·bly adv.
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Word Origin & History

susceptible 
1605 (susceptive in the same sense is recorded from 1548), from L.L. susceptibilis "capable, sustainable, susceptible," from L. susceptus, pp. of suscipere "sustain, support, acknowledge," from sub "up from under" + capere "to take" (see capable).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1sus·cep·ti·ble
Pronunciation: s&-'sep-t&-b&l
Function: adjective
1 : having littleresistance to a specific infectious disease : capable of being infected
2 : predisposed to develop a noninfectious disease <susceptible to diabetes>
3 : abnormally reactive to various drugs

Main Entry: 2susceptible
Function: noun
: one that is susceptible (as to a disease) susceptibles in each region where outbreaksappeared —A. J. Bollet>
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Medical Dictionary

susceptible sus·cep·ti·ble (sə-sěp'tə-bəl)
adj.

  1. Likely to be affected with a disease, infection, or condition.

  2. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.

sus·cep'ti·bil'i·ty (sə-sěp'tə-bĭl'ĭ-tē) n.

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