English Explanatory Dictionary

sensitize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
  2. To make (someone) increasingly aware of, in a concerned or sensitive way.
  3. To render capable of being acted on by actinic rays of light.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sensitize.wav

Word forms

sensitize sensitizes sensitizing sensitized sensitise

Etymology

From sensitive + -ize.

Synonyms

familiarize

Related words

sensitivize desensitize sensitive sensitization publicize

Derived words

chemosensitize hyposensitize photosensitize polysensitize presensitize radiosensitize resensitize sensitizable sensitizer supersensitize
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