sensitize
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.
to become sensitized.
Origin of sensitize
1- Also especially British, sen·si·tise .
Other words from sensitize
- sen·si·tiz·er, noun
- an·ti·sen·si·tiz·er, noun
- an·ti·sen·si·tiz·ing, adjective
- non·sen·si·tized, adjective
- non·sen·si·tiz·ing, adjective
- o·ver·sen·si·tize, verb, o·ver·sen·si·tized, o·ver·sen·si·tiz·ing.
- re·sen·si·tize, verb (used with object), re·sen·si·tized, re·sen·si·tiz·ing.
- un·sen·si·tize, verb (used with object), un·sen·si·tized, un·sen·si·tiz·ing.
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How to use sensitize in a sentence
Thus sensitized, their receptiveness hopefully heightened, they are encouraged to take in some terrific sculpture.
Sculpture parks are a great way to see art during a pandemic. Here’s why some are better than others. | Sebastian Smee | February 11, 2021 | Washington Post“It’s totally sensitized us to how privileged we are, how lucky we are to have a house, the fact that we live in a safe neighborhood,” said Roslyn Zinner.
A Maryland couple opened their home to a Honduran mother and son. They ended up sharing more than space. | Stephanie García | January 30, 2021 | Washington PostThe snails then behaved, once again, as if they remembered the sensitizing training they seemed to have previously forgotten.
Memories Can Be Injected and Survive Amputation and Metamorphosis - Facts So Romantic | Marco Altamirano | October 20, 2020 | NautilusIt takes stages such as education, awareness, and sensitizing to change the attitude and the mentality of the people.
The Rainbow Flag That Is Invisible To The Indian Society! | LGBTQ-Editor | July 2, 2020 | No Straight NewsSlowly but steadily, through education, awareness, and sensitizing, India will reach the final destination.
The Rainbow Flag That Is Invisible To The Indian Society! | LGBTQ-Editor | July 2, 2020 | No Straight News
Use unglazed writing-paper, and sensitize a strip at the top a little larger than the picture to be printed on it.
Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895 | VariousTo sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.
To sensitize, immerse the silk in a 20 grain solution of silver nitrate for about sixteen minutes.
Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition | Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. Fraprie
British Dictionary definitions for sensitize
sensitise
/ (ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz) /
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 of sensitize
- sensitization or sensitisation, noun
- sensitizer or sensitiser, noun
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