susceptibility

C2 Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/ UK /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/ See IPA manual

Freq #80661

Meanings

1

noun
The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.

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 […].
2

noun
emotional sensitivity.

The eyes were large and black, and had the moonlight's melancholy, with that tearful lustre which is the certain sign of keen susceptibility.
3

noun
the state of being susceptible
4

noun
Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).

Thesaurus

Synonyms

3 noun · the state of being susceptible susceptibleness

4 noun · being vulnerable to a... sensitivity

Opposites

immunity

Word family

Derived forms atherosusceptibilitychemosusceptibilityhypersusceptibilityimmunosusceptibilityinsusceptibilitynonsusceptibilitysupersusceptibilitytrypanosusceptibilityunsusceptibility

Etymology

From susceptible + -ity.

Topics

Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# susceptibility

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/
**IPA (UK):** /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/
**Frequency rank:** 80661

## Meanings
1. The condition of being susceptible; vulnerability.
2. emotional sensitivity.
3. the state of being susceptible
4. Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).

## 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.

## Antonyms
- immunity

## Derived Forms
- atherosusceptibility
- chemosusceptibility
- hypersusceptibility
- immunosusceptibility
- insusceptibility
- nonsusceptibility
- supersusceptibility
- trypanosusceptibility
- unsusceptibility

## Etymology
From susceptible + -ity.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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