Definitions for: Sensitize

[v] make sensitive or aware; "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
[v] make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion; "sensitize the photographic film"
[v] make sensitive to a drug or allergen; "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
[v] 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"

Webster (1913) Definition: Sen"si*tize, v. t. (Photog.)
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on
by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or
plate.

Synonyms: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise, sensitise

Antonyms: desensitise, desensitise, desensitize, desensitize

See Also: alter, change, excite, feel, photosensitise, photosensitize, sense, stimulate, stir

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