susceptibility
sus.cep.ti.bil.i.ty \s*-.sep-t*-'bil-*t-e-\ n 1: the quality or state of being susceptible; esp : lack of ability to resist some extraneous agent (as a pathogen or drug) : SENSITIVITY 2a: a susceptible temperament or constitution pl 2b: FEELINGS, SENSIBILITIES 3a: the ration of the magnetization in a substance to the corresponding mag netizing force 3b: the ratio of the electric polarization to the electric intensity in a p olarized dielectric