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sensitize

[ sen-si-tahyz ]

verb (used with object)

sensitized, sensitizing.
  1. to render sensitive.
  2. Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
  3. Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.


verb (used without object)

sensitized, sensitizing.
  1. to become sensitized.

sensitize

/ ˈɛԲɪˌٲɪ /

verb

  1. to make or become sensitive
  2. tr to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
  3. tr photog to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԲˌپ, noun
  • ˌԲپˈپDz, noun
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Other yvlog Forms

  • s·پe noun
  • anti·s·پe noun
  • t·s·پiԲ adjective
  • ԴDz·s·پ adjective
  • ԴDz·s·پiԲ adjective
  • v·s·پ verb oversensitized oversensitizing
  • ·s·پ verb (used with object) resensitized resensitizing
  • ܲ·s·پ verb (used with object) unsensitized unsensitizing
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of sensitize1

First recorded in 1855–60; sensit(ive) + -ize
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Example Sentences

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These efforts required sensitizing all employees to their own personal prejudices and offending practices.

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“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.

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The findings also encourage the development of drugs that target ARID1A and related proteins as a way of sensitizing other tumors to immunotherapy.

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The researchers conclude that once mast cells are sensitized, diverse xenobiotics that never bothered the person previously and do not bother most people trigger multisystem symptoms that wax and wane over time.

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“What this bill will do is help educate and sensitize electeds, judges, police, teachers, media and civil society in to what constitutes antisemitism,” Berman said.

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