Lexic.us

Definition of Sensitize

1. Verb. Make sensitive or aware. "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"

2. Verb. Cause to sense; make sensitive. "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"

3. Verb. Make sensitive to a drug or allergen. "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"

4. Verb. Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion. "Sensitize the photographic film"

Definition of Sensitize

1. v. t. To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.

Definition of Sensitize

1. Verb. To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sensitize

1. [v -TIZED, -TIZING, -TIZES]

Medical Definition of Sensitize

1. To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sensitize

sensitive fern sensitive pea sensitive plant sensitive species sensitively sensitiveness sensitivenesses sensitives sensitivities sensitivity

sensitivity and specificity sensitivity training group sensitivity training groups sensitization sensitizations sensitize (current term) sensitized sensitizer sensitizers sensitizes

sensitizing sensitizing dose sensitizing injection sensitizing substance sensitometer sensitometers sensitometric sensitometries sensitometry sensitory

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