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hypersensitize

American

[hahy-per-sen-si-tahyz] / ˌhaɪ pərˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz /

especially British, hypersensitise

verb (used with object)

hypersensitized, hypersensitizing

Photography. to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed.
Pathology. to strongly heighten a reaction upon reexposure to a particular antigen.

hypersensitize British

/ ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz /

verb

(tr) to treat (a photographic emulsion), usually after manufacture and shortly before exposure, to increase its speed

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Other Word Forms

hypersensitization

noun

Etymology

Origin of hypersensitize

First recorded in 1895–1900; hypersensit(ive) + -ize

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hypersensitized

His film was Du Pont Superior panchromatic, hypersensitized to half again its rated speed by exposing it to fumes of the strongest ammonia obtainable in a closed box for four minutes.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the hypersensitized state of her nerves the question hurt keenly.

From The Open Question a tale of two temperaments by Elizabeth Robins

Only with his retreat, certain words, like Parthian arrows, floated in from the storm to Peckover's hypersensitized ears.

From A Poached Peerage by William Magnay

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