English Explanatory Dictionary

susceptibility

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

/səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/ /səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/ [səˌsɛptəˈbɪləɾi] LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-susceptibility.wav /səˌseptəˈbɪləti/ [səˌseptəˈbɪləɾi]

Word forms

susceptibility susceptibilities

Etymology

From susceptible + -ity.

Synonyms

sensitivity

Antonyms

immunity

Derived words

atherosusceptibility chemosusceptibility hypersusceptibility immunosusceptibility insusceptibility magnetic susceptibility nonsusceptibility supersusceptibility trypanosusceptibility unsusceptibility
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