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Sensitize Definition & Meaning

sensitize
verb
  1. make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
  2. cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male- dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
  3. make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
  4. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"

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What does sensitize mean?
make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs" cause to sense; make sensitive; "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male- dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine" make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen" make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
What part of speech is sensitize?
Sensitize is a verb.
How many definitions does sensitize have?
Sensitize has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (verb).

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