susceptibility
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Subtle differences in joint alignment may affect the risk of conditions, such as osteoarthritis, while variations in vascular anatomy can influence susceptibility to stroke or aneurysm.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 21, 2026
Pandemics happen with regularity due to little things like the susceptibility of the human body to illness and international trade and travel.
From Salon ● May 11, 2026
Thermo Fisher on Monday said the microbiology business, which provides antimicrobial susceptibility testing and culture media solutions for clinical, pharmaceutical and food-safety testing, generated $645 million in revenue last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 27, 2026
The neutron scattering and AC magnetic susceptibility work at Rice was supported by the U.S.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2026
In the north, in fact, the areas with the poorest natural endowments and the greatest susceptibility to drought were the most populous and successful.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
He is one of the 90% of people with so-called idiopathic disease: Their Parkinson’s has no clear genetic cause but almost certainly results from some combination of ill-defined genetic susceptibilities and environmental triggers.
From Science Magazine ● May 4, 2023
Social media, he says, exacerbate some dangerous susceptibilities — to demagoguery and moral vanity — that are neither new nor entirely expungable.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 31, 2021
Jeff Bardin, the chief intelligence officer at cybersecurity firm Treadstone 71, told Fox News that almost immediately after Soleimani's death, Iranian hackers began infiltrating U.S. city websites, searching for susceptibilities.
From Fox News ● Jan. 3, 2020
Without the plant host susceptibilities, the pathogen would starve before the plant got sick.
From Salon ● Jul. 29, 2018
I never knew any one take more pains or more successfully not to hurt the susceptibilities of those they are talking to, indeed they show a tact and good feeling worthy of imitation.
From My Experiences in Manipur and the Naga Hills by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone
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