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sensitize
[ sen-si-tahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to render sensitive.
- Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
- Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.
verb (used without object)
- to become sensitized.
sensitize
/ ˈɛԲɪˌٲɪ /
verb
- to make or become sensitive
- tr to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
- 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
Derived Forms
- ˈԲˌپ, noun
- ˌԲپˈپDz, noun
Other yvlog Forms
- s·پe noun
- anti·s·پe noun
- t·s·پiԲ adjective
- ԴDz·s·پ adjective
- ԴDz·s·پiԲ adjective
- v·s·پ verb oversensitized oversensitizing
- ·s·پ verb (used with object) resensitized resensitizing
- ܲ·s·پ verb (used with object) unsensitized unsensitizing
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of sensitize1
Example Sentences
These efforts required sensitizing all employees to their own personal prejudices and offending practices.
“Throughout California, throughout the West, throughout communities that have had wildfire experience, we are particularly primed and sensitized to that news,” she said.
The findings also encourage the development of drugs that target ARID1A and related proteins as a way of sensitizing other tumors to immunotherapy.
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.
“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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