Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hypersusceptible

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: hy-per-sus-cep-ti-ble
IPA

30

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility

Example Sentences

"Animals injected, as described above, may be rendered hypersusceptible to all bacterial proteins."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English susceptible English hypersusceptible From hyper- + susceptible.

Inflected Forms

more hypersusceptible (comparative) most hypersusceptible (superlative)

Derived Forms

hypersusceptibility

Questions

What does hypersusceptible mean?: Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility
Where does hypersusceptible come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úp Proto-Indo-European *-er Proto-Indo-European *upér Proto-Hellenic *hupér Ancient Greek ῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér) Ancient Greek ῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)der. English hyper- English susceptible English hypersusceptible From hyper- + susceptible.

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