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Susceptibility vs Pathogenicity - What's the difference?

susceptibility | pathogenicity |

As nouns the difference between susceptibility and pathogenicity

is that susceptibility is the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability while pathogenicity is the quality or state of being capable of causing disease.

susceptibility

English

Noun

(susceptibilities)
  • the condition of being susceptible; vulnerability
  • emotional sensitivity
  • (physics) electric susceptibility, a measure of how easily a dielectric polarizes in response to an external electric field (compare permittivity).

    • pathogenicity

    English

    Noun

    (pathogenicities)
  • The quality or state of being capable of causing disease.
  • The quality or state of originating or producing disease.
  • (biology): The quality of an organism to inflict damage on the host.