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GCSE Biology · key term
The likelihood that a person will develop a particular disease; greater susceptibility means that the disease can develop more easily.
Used by Edexcel and OCR
Specification 5.3 · Paper 1
Revise: Disease SusceptibilitySusceptibility means how easily a disease is likely to develop. The second disease is not inevitable: its probability has increased because the first disease has altered the body.
Paper 1 (Foundation), Paper 2 (Foundation), Paper 3 (Higher), Paper 4 (Higher)
A feature of a bacterial strain that means it is affected by a particular antibiotic.
Do not say that the first disease guarantees another disease. It increases susceptibility or risk.
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