"susceptible" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /səˈsɛptɪbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-susceptible.wav [US] Forms: more susceptible [comparative], most susceptible [superlative]
Etymology: From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|en|LL.|susceptibilis}} Late Latin susceptibilis, {{der|en|la|susceptus}} Latin susceptus, {{m|la|suscipiō}} suscipiō Head templates: {{en-adj}} susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
  1. Likely to be affected by something. Translations (likely to be affected by): عرضه (Arabic), податлив (podatliv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), susceptible (Catalan), náchylný [masculine] (Czech), vatbaar (Dutch), altis (Finnish), anfällig (German), beeindruckbar (German), empfänglich (German), empfindlich (German), suszeptible (German), störempfindlich (German), ενδεχόμενος (endechómenos) (Greek), fogékony (Hungarian), hajlamos (Hungarian), қабылдағыш (qabyldağyş) (Kazakh), پذیرفتار (paziroftâr) (Persian), podatny (Polish), suscetível (Portuguese), passível (Portuguese), susceptibil (Romanian), восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj) (Russian), поддаю́щийся (poddajúščijsja) (Russian), подложно [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pȍdložan (Serbo-Croatian), propenso (Spanish), susceptible (Spanish), vulnerable (Spanish), känslig (Swedish), mottaglig (Swedish), duyarlı (Turkish), elverişli (Turkish), müsâit (Turkish), сприйнятливий (spryjnjatlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), піддатливий (piddatlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-holtyX0A Disambiguation of 'likely to be affected by': 82 6 4 4 2 3
  2. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous.
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-HSL4m19g Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 9 24 12 4 19
  3. (medicine) Especially sensitive, particularly to a stimulus. Categories (topical): Medicine Translations (especially sensitive): чувствителен (čuvstvitelen) [masculine] (Bulgarian), náchylný [masculine] (Czech), vatbaar (Dutch), incitiĝema (Esperanto), ofendiĝema (Esperanto), herkkä (Finnish), herkistynyt (Finnish), susceptible (French), empfindlich (German), επιδεκτικός (epidektikós) (Greek), érzékeny (Hungarian), wrażliwy (Polish), suscetível (Portuguese), восприи́мчивый (vospriímčivyj) (Russian), чувстви́тельный (čuvstvítelʹnyj) (Russian), sensible (Spanish), sensitivo (Spanish), delicado (Spanish), вразливий (vrazlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian), чутливий (čutlyvyj) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-aTi2py5r Topics: medicine, sciences Disambiguation of 'especially sensitive': 1 3 93 1 1 1
  4. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result. Translations (that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result): -ható (Hungarian), -hető (Hungarian), képes (Hungarian), alkalmas (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-jweOUDoh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 9 24 12 4 19 Disambiguation of 'that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result': 1 2 2 91 3 1
  5. Vulnerable.
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-FcNu8tWs Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 9 24 12 4 19
  6. Amenable.
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-adj-10I3-MAu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /səˈsɛptɪbl̩/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-susceptible.wav [US] Forms: susceptibles [plural]
Etymology: From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{der|en|LL.|susceptibilis}} Late Latin susceptibilis, {{der|en|la|susceptus}} Latin susceptus, {{m|la|suscipiō}} suscipiō Head templates: {{en-noun}} susceptible (plural susceptibles)
  1. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease Categories (topical): Epidemiology Coordinate_terms: immune, infective
    Sense id: en-susceptible-en-noun-i0GcISJK Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 9 24 12 4 19 Topics: epidemiology, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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        "medicine",
        "sciences"
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