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
The lighting, mise en scène, and “effects” are all embarrassingly bad to our oversensitized eyes.
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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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