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| 1. | [ verb ] make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion | |
| Synonyms: | sensitize | |
| Examples: | "sensitize the photographic film" |
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| Related terms: | change photography | |
| 2. | [ verb ] make sensitive to a drug or allergen | |
| Synonyms: | sensitize | |
| Examples: | "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" |
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| Related terms: | change sensitizer sensitizing | |
| 3. | [ verb ] cause to sense; make sensitive | |
| Synonyms: | sensitize | |
| Examples: | "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society" "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" |
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| Related terms: | desensitize desensitize desensitize stimulate anesthesize photosensitize feel | |
| 4. | [ verb ] make sensitive or aware | |
| Synonyms: | sensitize sensibilise sensibilize sensify | |
| Examples: | "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" |
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| Related terms: | desensitize change sense | |
| Similar spelling: |
sensitiser sensitised sensitize sensitive sensitizer sensitized sensitively sensitising sensed sensate sensitizing sensitivity sensitometer |
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