Definition of "susceptibility" [sus•cep•ti•bil•i•ty]

• The quality or condition of being susceptible. (noun)
• The capacity to be affected by deep emotions or strong feelings; sensitivity. (noun)
• Sensibilities; feelings. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The Chinese susceptibility is simply not the same as the Vietnamese or the Indonesians or the Turkish!"
• "Duster, president of the American Sociological Association, writes that research on isosorbide dinitrate and hydralazine (BiDil), produced by NitroMed, incorrectly links a biological idea of race to heart disease and that socioeconomic factors better explain susceptibility to heart disease."
• "In this case cancer susceptibility is inherited in autosomal dominant manner."