Reference meaning

sensitize

verb·Reference

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make sensitive or aware

Related source terms

sensitisesensifysensibilize

Other meanings

2. verb

cause to sense; make sensitive

3. verb

make sensitive to a drug or allergen

4. verb

make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

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