susceptibility
/səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
6
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
Countable; Uncountable
noun
electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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 […]"
- "It seems that the spiritual fermentation of the cabbalists, who in the sixteenth century established a center in Northern Palestine (Safed) and aroused the dormant susceptibilities of the Orient, penetrated also into Yemen and had the effect of a messianic message to the languishing souls longing for redemption."
- "The eyes were large and black, and had the moonlight's melancholy, with that tearful lustre which is the certain sign of keen susceptibility."
Etymology
Etymology tree English susceptible Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English susceptibility From susceptible + -ity.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /səˌsɛptəˈbɪləti/
- British English: /səˌsɛptəˈbɪlɪti/