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  • 1susceptible — sus|cep|ti|ble [ sə septəbl ] adjective 1. ) easily influenced or affected by something: susceptible to: Police officers here are very susceptible to corruption. a ) likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition, or be affected by it… …

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  • 2susceptible — UK [səˈseptəb(ə)l] / US adjective 1) a) easily influenced or affected by something susceptible to: Police officers here are very susceptible to corruption. b) likely to suffer from a particular illness or condition, or to be affected by it more… …

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  • 3susceptible — adj. 1 impressionable, sensitive; easily moved by emotion. 2 (predic.) a (foll. by to) likely to be affected by; liable or vulnerable to (susceptible to pain). b (foll. by of) allowing; admitting of (facts not susceptible of proof). Derivatives:… …

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  • 4Susceptible — Sus*cep ti*ble, a. [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see {Sub }) + capere to take. See {Capable}.] 1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or… …

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  • 5susceptible — has two principal meanings, each with its own construction. In the meaning ‘likely to be affected by’, it is followed by to: • The leopard frog…is particularly susceptible to a kidney carcinoma Scientific American, 1973 • Stinnes had reached that …

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  • 6susceptible — I (responsive) adjective compassionate, easily affected, flexible, impressible, impressionable, influenceable, mollis, movable, persuadable, pliant, reactive, readily impressed, receptive, sensitive, susceptive, swayable, sympathetic II… …

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  • 7Susceptible 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, if he or she is exposed to the infectious agent. Susceptible individuals Susceptibles …

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  • 8susceptible — sus·cep·ti·ble sə sep tə bəl adj 1) having little resistance to a specific infectious disease: capable of being infected 2) predisposed to develop a noninfectious disease <susceptible to diabetes> 3) abnormally reactive to various drugs… …

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  • 9Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System — Nachos Latest stable release 4.0 Official website http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/tom/nachos/ Not Another Completely Heuristic Operating System, or Nachos, is instructional software for teaching undergraduate, and potentially graduate level… …

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  • 10whether or not —    The second two words should be dropped when whether is equivalent to if, as here: It is not yet known whether or not persons who become reinfected can spread the virus to other susceptible individuals (New York Times). Or not is necessary,… …

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