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SUSCEPTIBLE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(often followed by 'of' or 'to') yielding readily to or capable of
Example:
susceptible of proof
Classified under:
Similar:
allergic; hypersensitised; hypersensitive; hypersensitized; sensitised; sensitized; supersensitised; supersensitive; supersensitized (having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor))
amenable (open to being acted upon in a certain way)
capable; open; subject (possibly accepting or permitting)
convincible; persuadable; persuasible; suasible (being susceptible to persuasion)
fictile; pliable (susceptible to being led or directed)
liable; nonimmune; nonresistant; unresistant ((often followed by 'to') likely to be affected with)
predisposed (made susceptible)
amenable; tractable (responsive to suggestions and influences)
suggestible (susceptible or responsive to suggestion)
temptable (susceptible to temptation)
unvaccinated (not vaccinated)
vulnerable (susceptible to criticism or persuasion or temptation)
Also:
vulnerable (susceptible to attack)
unprotected (lacking protection or defense)
sensitive (responsive to physical stimuli)
Attribute:
susceptibility; susceptibleness (the state of being susceptible; easily affected)
Antonym:
unsusceptible (not susceptible to)
Derivation:
susceptibility; susceptibleness (the state of being susceptible; easily affected)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Easily impressed emotionally
Classified under:
Similar:
impressible; impressionable; waxy (easily impressed or influenced)
Derivation:
susceptibility; susceptibleness (the state of being susceptible; easily affected)
Context examples:
Clarithromycin binds to the 50S ribosomal subunit and inhibits RNA-dependent protein synthesis in susceptible organisms.
(Clarithromycin, NCI Thesaurus)
This gene plays a role in cellular response and is susceptible to oncogenic mutations in breast and ovarian cancers.
(BARD1 Gene, NCI Thesaurus)
Like other retinoic acid agents, namirotene binds to and activates retinoic acid receptors (RARs), thereby altering the expression of certain genes leading to cell differentiation and decreased cell proliferation in susceptible cells.
(Namirotene, NCI Thesaurus)
Inhibiting the activation of the PI3K/AKT kinase (or protein kinase B) signaling pathway results in inhibition of tumor cell growth and survival in susceptible tumor cell populations.
(PI3K Inhibitor ZSTK474, NCI Thesaurus)
This decreases proliferation and induces cell death in susceptible tumor cells.
(PI3K-delta Inhibitor TGR-1202, NCI Thesaurus)
BI 2536 binds to and inhibits Polo-like kinase 1 (Plk1), resulting in mitotic arrest, disruption of cytokinesis, and apoptosis in susceptible tumor cell populations.
(BI 2536, NCI Thesaurus)
This may result in inhibition of tumor cell growth and survival in susceptible tumor cell populations.
(PI3K Inhibitor BKM120, NCI Thesaurus)
He had always been susceptible to the laughter of the gods.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
A broad-spectrum penicillin antibiotic used orally in the treatment of mild to moderate infections by susceptible gram-positive organisms.
(Penicillin V Potassium, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
He was remarkably susceptible to music.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
