Meanings
adjectivehypersusceptible (comparative more hypersusceptible, superlative most hypersusceptible)
comparative more hypersusceptible · superlative most hypersusceptible
- medicineExtremely 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
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Hellenic*hupér
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πέρ (hŭpér)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔περ- (hŭper-)
- Englishhyper-
- Englishsusceptible
- Englishhypersusceptible
From hyper- + susceptible.
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hypersusceptible. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersusceptible
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“hypersusceptible.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypersusceptible. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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