susceptibility

Etymology

susceptible + -ity.

noun

  1. the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
  2. emotional sensitivity.
  3. (biology, medicine, of a pathogen) Being vulnerable to a treatment (usually an antibiotic or antifungal); also, the degree of such vulnerability (i.e., weak, moderate, or strong).
  4. (physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

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