sensitize
verb (used with object)
to render sensitive.
sensitise
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a variation of
sensitize.
Example Sentences
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"I met him in an attempt to sensitise tertiary-level students," said Mawuli Agbenu, the commission's regional director in the capital, Accra.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2024
"I want to use ice stupas as much to sensitise the world about the need for a change in behaviour, as I want to use it to provide water for us."
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
The authors propose that the Neanderthal variants may sensitise sensory neurons by altering the threshold at which a nerve impulse is generated.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 10, 2023
This is why Addiopizzo launches several campaigns in December, to sensitise the shop owners to rebel.”
From The Guardian ● Dec. 26, 2019
The method may be shown diagramatically as under using the symbols already indicated Note.—It is sometimes more convenient to sensitise the erythrocytes just before they are needed.
From The Elements of Bacteriological Technique A Laboratory Guide for Medical, Dental, and Technical Students. Second Edition Rewritten and Enlarged. by J. W. H. (John William Henry) Eyre
