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sensitize

Syllabification: (sen·si·tize)
Pronunciation: /ˈsensiˌtīz/

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Definition of sensitize

verb

[with object]
  • cause (someone or something) to respond to certain stimuli; make sensitive:the introductory section aims to sensitize students to the methodology of the course
  • make (photographic film) sensitive to light:the kit sensitizes any 35 mm film in hours
  • make (an organism) abnormally sensitive to a foreign substance:the workers had been immunologically sensitized to the enzyme

Derivatives

sensitization


noun

sensitizer

noun

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