sensitized

Definition of Sensitized in English :

Adjective

1. allergic, hypersensitised, hypersensitive, hypersensitized, sensitised, sensitized, supersensitised, supersensitive, supersensitized

having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor)

Example Sentences:
'allergic children'
'hypersensitive to pollen'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sensitized

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verb

1.

to make or become sensitive

2. (transitive)

to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc

3. (transitive) photography

to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes

Sensitized

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsensiˌtized or ˈsensiˌtizing

to make sensitive or susceptible

; specif.,

a. Photography

to make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, etc.

b. Immunology

to make (an individual) sensitive or hypersensitive to an antigen

Sensitized

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v. sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing, sen·si·tiz·es

v.tr.

1. To make sensitive: "Solitude had sensitized him to the roughness of other people" (Jeffrey Eugenides).

2. To make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, especially to light of a specific wavelength.

3. To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by a second or repeated exposure.

v.intr.

To become sensitive or hypersensitive.

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