Associations to the word «Susceptible»

Wiktionary

SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Likely to be affected by something
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Easily influenced or tricked; credulous
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. (medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. That, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
SUSCEPTIBLE, noun. (epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Dictionary definition

SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. (often followed by `of' or `to') yielding readily to or capable of; "susceptible to colds"; "susceptible of proof".
SUSCEPTIBLE, adjective. Easily impressed emotionally.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats