sensitizing Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun rendering an organism sensitive to a serum by a series of injections
   sensitisation; sensitization; sensitising.
   
2. verb make sensitive or aware
   sensify; sensitise; sensibilise; sensibilize; sensitize.
   
   • He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
3. 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
4. verb make sensitive to a drug or allergen
   sensitise; sensitize.
   
   • Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
5. 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
6. adjective making susceptible or sensitive to either physical or emotional stimuli
   sensitising.
   

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