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unsusceptibility

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sus⋅cep⋅ti⋅bil⋅i⋅ty

  [suh-sep-tuh-bil-i-tee]
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–noun, plural -ties.
1. state or character of being susceptible: susceptibility to disease.
2. capacity for receiving mental or moral impressions; tendency to be emotionally affected.
3. susceptibilities, capacities for emotion; feelings: His susceptibilities are easily wounded.
4. Electricity.
a. electric susceptibility.
b. magnetic susceptibility.
Origin:
1635–45; < ML susceptibilitās, equiv. to susceptibil(is) susceptible + -itās- -ity

Synonyms:
2. See sensibility.
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Main Entry: sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty
Pronunciation: s&-"sep-t&-'bil-&t-E
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -ties
1 : the quality or state of being susceptible : the state of being predisposed to, sensitive to, or of lacking the ability to resist something (as a pathogen,familial disease, or a drug) : SENSITIVITY
2 a : the ratio of the magnetization in a substanceto the corresponding magnetizing force —see PARAMAGNETIC b : the ratio of the electric polarizationto the electric intensity in a polarized dielectric
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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