insusceptibility

insusceptibility
SYN: immunity. [L. suscipio, pp. -ceptus, to take upon one, fr. sub, under, + capio, to take]

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in·sus·cep·ti·bil·i·ty (in″sə-sep″tĭ-bilґĭ-te) the quality of not being susceptible; immunity.

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