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hypersusceptible

hypersusceptible adjective: extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility.

Adjective

hypersusceptible (comparative more hypersusceptible, superlative most hypersusceptible)

  1. Extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility
    • Animals injected, as described above, may be rendered hypersusceptible to all bacterial proteins.1921, Charles Edward Marshall, Microbiology, page 685

Forms of hypersusceptible

comparativemore hypersusceptible
superlativemost hypersusceptible

Origin of hypersusceptible

From hyper- + susceptible.

Words formed from hypersusceptible

Questions about hypersusceptible

What does hypersusceptible mean?
Hypersusceptible means extremely susceptible; having an elevated susceptibility.
What part of speech is hypersusceptible?
Hypersusceptible is an adjective.

Words near hypersusceptible in the dictionary

  1. hypersurface
  2. hypersurfaces
  3. hypersurveillance
  4. hypersusceptibilities
  5. hypersusceptibility
  6. hypersusceptible
  7. hyperswollen
  8. hypersymmetric
  9. hypersymmetrical
  10. hypersymmetry
  11. hypersynchronic

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