susceptible
adjective/səˈseptəbl/
/səˈseptəbl/
- [not usually before noun] susceptible (to something) very likely to be influenced, harmed or affected by something
- He's highly susceptible to flattery.
- Some of these plants are more susceptible to frost damage than others.
- Salt intake may lead to raised blood pressure in susceptible adults.
- There are few known diseases which are not susceptible to medical treatment.
Extra Examples- Some dogs are thought to be genetically susceptible to the disease.
- The operation had left her susceptible to infection.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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- easily influenced by feelings and emotions synonym impressionable
- She was both charming and susceptible.
- susceptible (of something) (formal) allowing something; capable of something
- Is this situation not susceptible of improvement by legislation?
- The facts are susceptible of various interpretations.
Word Originearly 17th cent.: from late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin suscipere ‘take up, sustain’, from sub- ‘from below’ + capere ‘take’.
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