susceptible
IPA: sʌsˈɛptʌbʌɫ
noun
- (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
adjective
- Likely to be affected by something.
- Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
- (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus.
- That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result.
- Vulnerable.
- Amenable.
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Examples of "susceptible" in Sentences
- Sapwood is susceptible to borers.
- The nose is susceptible to frostbite.
- He was susceptible to the supernatural.
- What percentage of the population is susceptible
- A minority of the population are not susceptible to the broadcasts.