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susceptible
1. adj. likely to be affected by something
He was susceptible to minor ailments.
2. adj. easily influenced or tricked; credulous
3. adj. (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
4. adj. that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
Rational numbers are susceptible of description as quotients of two integers.
A properly prepared surface is susceptible of an enduring paint job.
5. adj. vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
6. n. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

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Example Sentences

Maybe I'm just susceptible, but I always felt inundated.  One of the biggest problems is that many of those trying to lose weight are obese people who are susceptible to diabetes.  He enjoys his guru like status and enjoys the control he exerts on the susceptible believer.

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