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SUSCEPTIBILITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The state of being susceptible; easily affected
Synonyms:
susceptibility; susceptibleness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("susceptibility" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Attribute:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
insusceptible; unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "susceptibility"):
liability (the state of being legally obliged and responsible)
capability; capacity (the susceptibility of something to a particular treatment)
predisposition; sensitivity (susceptibility to a pathogen)
reactivity (ready susceptibility to chemical change)
suggestibility (susceptibility or responsiveness to suggestion)
Antonym:
unsusceptibility (the state of not being susceptible)
Derivation:
susceptible ((often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of)
susceptible (easily impressed emotionally)
Context examples:
Breast cancer type 2 susceptibility protein (3418 aa, ~384 kDa) is encoded by the human BRCA2 gene.
(Breast Cancer Type 2 Susceptibility Protein, NCI Thesaurus)
These variations may underlie differences in susceptibility to disease, response to drugs, or reaction to environmental factors.
(Genetic Adaptations to Diet and Climate, NIH)
An indication or description of a baseline value within a microbiology susceptibility assessment.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Baseline Flag, NCI Thesaurus)
A germline mutation that increases an individual's susceptibility or predisposition to a certain disease or disorder.
(Cancer-Predisposing Gene, NCI Dictionary)
The standard character or string for representation and reporting of microbiology susceptibility data.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Character Result in Standard Format, NCI Thesaurus)
A term used to describe the state or condition of the completeness of the microbiology susceptibility data.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Completion Status, NCI Thesaurus)
The day that a microbiology susceptibility assessment is performed.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Day, NCI Thesaurus)
A subdivision of microbiology susceptibility data.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Subcategory, NCI Thesaurus)
Cancer susceptibility candidate protein 1 (716 aa, ~83 kDa) is encoded by the human CASC1 gene.
(Cancer Susceptibility Candidate Protein 1, NCI Thesaurus)
A sequence of characters that represents a microbiology susceptibility assessment.
(Microbiology Susceptibility Test Code, NCI Thesaurus)
