Sensitize Definition & Meaning
sensitize
- verb
- 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; "sensitize the photographic film"
Words that rhyme with sensitize
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