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Sensitize

Sensitize Meaning & Definition
Sensitize Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Sensitize?

[v] make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
[v] make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
[v] make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
[v] cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Sensitize: sensibilise | sensibilize | sensify | sensitise | sensitise

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See Also | alter | change | excite | feel | photosensitise | photosensitize | sense | stimulate | stir

Sensitize In Webster's Dictionary

\Sen"si*tize\, v. t. (Photog.) To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or plate.

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