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susceptibleness

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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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Medical Dictionary

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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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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