sensitized Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. verb make sensitive or aware
   sensify; sensitise; sensibilise; sensibilize; sensitize.
   
   • He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
2. verb cause to sense; make sensitive
   sensitise; sensitize.
   
   • She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
   • My tongue became sensitized to good wine
3. verb make sensitive to a drug or allergen
   sensitise; sensitize.
   
   • Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
4. verb make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
   sensitise; sensitize.
   
   • sensitize the photographic film
5. adjective satellite having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)
   supersensitized; hypersensitive; supersensitive; sensitised; hypersensitized; supersensitised; hypersensitised; allergic.
   
   • allergic children
   • hypersensitive to pollen

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