susceptibility

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Condition of an organism or ecological system that makes it more vulnerable to a given exposure than the majority of the population or group of ecological systems to which it belongs.
Note: Susceptibility is inversely proportional to the magnitude of the exposure required to cause a toxic effect.
Source:
PAC, 2009, 81, 829. (Glossary of terms used in ecotoxicology (IUPAC Recommendations 2009)) on page 953 [Terms] [Paper]
Citation: 'susceptibility' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.15085 RIS BibTex EndNote
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