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| 1. | [ noun ] (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli | |
| Synonyms: | sensibility sensitiveness | |
| Examples: | : "sensitivity to pain" |
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| Related terms: | sense responsiveness exteroception interoception hypersensitivity photosensitivity physiology | |
| 2. | [ noun ] the ability to respond to physical stimuli or to register small physical amounts or differences | |
| Examples: | : "a galvanometer of extreme sensitivity" |
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| Related terms: | physical_property frequency_response perceptiveness sensitive insensitive | |
| 3. | [ noun ] sensitivity to emotional feelings (of self and others) | |
| Synonyms: | sensitiveness | |
| Related terms: | feeling feelings sensibility oversensitiveness sensitive insensitive | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (medicine) susceptibility to a pathogen | |
| Synonyms: | predisposition | |
| Related terms: | susceptibility habitus sensitization hypersensitivity diathesis desensitizing sensitizing | |
| 5. | [ noun ] the ability to respond to affective changes in your interpersonal environment | |
| Synonyms: | sensitiveness | |
| Related terms: | insensitivity insensitivity ability antenna defensiveness perceptiveness | |
| Similar spelling: |
sensitively sensitive sensitize sensitise sensitiveness sensitive_pea sensitizer sensitized sensitiser sensitised sensitive_fern sensitizing sensitising sensitometer sensitization sensitisation |
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