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Synonyms
sus·cep·ti·ble (sə-sĕṕtə-bəl)

[Late Latin susceptibilis, from Latin susceptus past participle of suscipere, to receive, sub-, from below; see sub–, + capere, to take.]

adjective 

  1. Easily influenced or affected: “She suddenly was too susceptible to her past” (Jimmy Breslin)
  2. Likely to be affected: susceptible to colds.
  3. Especially sensitive; highly impressionable.
  4. Permitting an action to be performed; capable of undergoing: a statement susceptible of proof; a disease susceptible to treatment.

derivatives

sus·ceṕti·ble·ness
noun
sus·ceṕti·bly
adverb