susceptible – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
susceptible
adj.
vulnerable, prone, liable to be affected by illness; emotionally sensitive, impressionable
Susceptible individual
In
epidemiology a
susceptible individual (sometimes known simply as a susceptible) is a member of a
population who is at risk of becoming infected by a disease.
susceptible
Adjective
1. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof"
(antonym) unsusceptible, insusceptible
(similar) allergic, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, hypersensitised, sensitized, sensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized, supersensitised
(see-also) sensitive
(attribute) susceptibility, susceptibleness
2. easily impressed emotionally
(similar) impressionable, impressible
susceptible
adj.
touchy, sensitive, susceptible, susceptive
susceptible
adj.
susceptible, vulnerable, sensitive
