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hypersusceptible

[ hahy-per-suh-sep-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

, Pathology.


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Other Words From

  • hyper·sus·cepti·bili·ty noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of hypersusceptible1

First recorded in 1905–10; hyper- + susceptible
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Example Sentences

Without the protection conferred by this gene, Marois's team found that the mosquito from sub-Saharan Africa became hypersusceptible to parasites1.

From Nature

Patricia Campbell-Smith, the master in the Mead case, also dismissed two subarguments made by a few opponents of vaccines, saying they “have not shown either that certain children are genetically hypersusceptible to mercury or that certain children are predisposed to have difficulty excreting mercury.”

The nervous system in Graves' disease is hypersusceptible to stimuli and to thyroid extract.

It might follow that even a normal amount of thyroid secretion would lead to excessive stimulation of the hypersusceptible motor mechanism.

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