Susceptibility

Definitions

1. The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
   countable, uncountable
2. emotional sensitivity.
   countable, uncountable
3. Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
   countable, uncountable
4. electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“It has been reported that periparturient cows undergo⟳ a period of immunosuppression of various immunological parameters associated with a high susceptibility to uterine and mammary infections […]”

“The eyes were large and black, and had the moonlight's melancholy, with that tearful lustre which is the certain sign⟳ of keen susceptibility.”

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