noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
increase
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And resistance to one pest can often increase susceptibility to another.
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Crack seems to increase susceptibility for several reasons.
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Heavy pruning can promote vigorous new growth, which can increase susceptibility to the disease.
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Testosterone itself, the very elixir of masculinity, increases susceptibility to infectious disease.
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Second, the animals given these substances are bred in a manner that probably increases their susceptibility to cancer.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And people vary, too, in their susceptibility to addiction.
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Bacteria are also susceptible to drying and again their susceptibility varies.
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Many studies have demonstrated that genetic factors contribute to susceptibility to duodenal ulcers.
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The susceptibility of coders handling large quantities of technical data is self-evident.
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The same study finds a genetic component to the susceptibility to nicotine addiction, too.
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The simplest and most obvious example concerns individual differences in the susceptibility to anxiety.
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You may consider the susceptibility as the soil in which the seeds of disease are sown.