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Verb
/ˈsensiˌtīz/,
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sensitizes, 3rd person singular present; sensitises, 3rd person singular present; sensitising, present participle; sensitised, past tense; sensitized, past tense; sensitizing, present participle; sensitized, past participle; sensitised, past participle;
  1. Cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive
    • - the introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course
  2. Make (photographic film) sensitive to light
    • - the kit sensitizes any 35 mm film in hours
  3. Make (an organism) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance
    • - the workers had been immunologically sensitized to the enzyme
  1. make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
  2. make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
  3. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
  4. (sensitized) allergic: having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); "allergic children"; "hypersensitive to pollen"
  5. (sensitization) the state of being sensitive (as to an antigen)
  6. (sensitization) (psychology) the process of becoming highly sensitive to specific events or situations (especially emotional events or situations)
  7. (Sensitized(Kylie Minogue Song)) X is a 2007 album by Australian recording artist Kylie Minogue. It is her tenth studio album release, her first release since 2004's greatest hits compilation Ultimate Kylie, and her first studio album since 2003's Body Language. ...
  8. (Sensitizes) Sensitization is an example of non-associative learning in which the progressive amplification of a response follows repeated administrations of a stimulus.Bell IR, Hardin EE, Baldwin CM, Schwartz GE (1995). ...
  9. To become increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way
  10. (Sensitized) Being immunized, or able to mount an immune response, against an antigen by previous exposure to that antigen
  11. (Sensitized) A dog that is repeatedly exposed to things that scare them can also become sensitized to them. That is the risk of using flooding techniques to help a dog get over their fears. ...
  12. (Sensitized) To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by a second or repeated exposure.
  13. (Sensitized) When a potential recipient has antibodies in their blood, usually because of pregnancy, blood transfusions or previous rejection of an organ transplant. Sensitization is measured by panel reactive antibody (PRA). ...
  14. (Sensitization) Enhancement of a response by an organism that is produced by delivering a strong, generally noxious, stimulus. ...
  15. (Sensitization) A hypersensitive reaction that occurs with repeated exposure to an allergen.
  16. Sensitization is a type of allergic reaction in which the affected person becomes increasingly sensitive to the allergy causing substance through repeated and prolonged contact.
  17. (sensitization) In austenitic stainless steels, the precipitation of chromium carbides, usually at grain boundaries, on exposure to temperatures of about 540 to 845 °C (about 1000 to 1550 °F), leaving the grain boundaries depleted of chromium and therefore susceptible to preferential attack by a ...
  18. (Sensitization) An increased response to a drug caused by repeated administration. Sensitization is most commonly seen in some responses to stimulants.
  19. (sensitization) An allergic response. Allergic responses to beryllium may indicate the onset of beryllium—related diseases.
  20. (Sensitization) the development, over time, of an allergic reaction to a chemical.
  21. (Sensitization) After getting several different treatments and performing a task several times, participants may realize (become sensitive to) what the researcher's hypothesis is.
  22. (Sensitization) An increase in the strength of an elicited behavior that results merely from repeated presentations of the eliciting stimulus.
  23. (Sensitization) Coming in contact with or being exposed to a foreign substance that causes an allergic response.
  24. (Sensitization) Occurs when a mother's blood produces antibodies against the blood of her Rh positive fetus.
  25. (Sensitization) The phenomenon in austenitic stainless steels that causes a change to occur in the grain boundaries when heated in the general range of 850 to 1475 degree F. This change destroys the passivity in these locations.