susceptible

Meanings

Adjective

• likely to be affected by something
• easily influenced or tricked; credulous
• especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
• that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
• vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless

Noun

• A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease

Origin

• From Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus, from suscipiō.