susceptibility

Meanings

1. 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. 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. 3
   noun

   the state of being susceptible

4. 4
   noun

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

From susceptible + -ity.

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