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permissivity

permissivity noun: susceptibility to infection.

Noun

permissivity (countable and uncountable, plural permissivities)

  1. Susceptibility to infection.
  2. permittivity

Forms of permissivity

pluralpermissivities

Origin of permissivity

From permissive + -ity.

Words formed from permissivity

Questions about permissivity

What does permissivity mean?
Permissivity means susceptibility to infection.
What part of speech is permissivity?
Permissivity is a noun.
What is the plural of permissivity?
The plural of permissivity is permissivities.

Words near permissivity in the dictionary

  1. permissives
  2. permissivism
  3. permissivist
  4. permissivists
  5. permissivities
  6. permissivity
  7. permissory
  8. permit
  9. permit nature to take her course
  10. permit nature to take its course
  11. permitable

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