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noun
1.
the act or process of desensitizing.
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Physiology, Medicine/Medical. the elimination or reduction of natural or acquired reactivity or sensitivity to an external stimulus, as an allergen.
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Psychiatry. a behavior modification technique, used especially in treating phobias, in which panic or other undesirable emotional response to a given stimulus is reduced or extinguished, especially by repeated exposure to that stimulus.
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Desensitization
is always a great word to know.
So is impulse. Does it mean:
| a progressive wave of excitation over a nerve or muscle fiber that has a stimulating or inhibitory effect |
| the circulation of blood from the heart to the lungs for oxygenation and back to the heart |
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desensitization de·sen·si·ti·za·tion (dē-sěn'sĭ-tĭ-zā'shən)
n.
The reduction or abolition of allergic sensitivity or reactions to a specific allergen. Also called antianaphylaxis.
The mitigation of an individual's emotional response to a distressing stimulus by repeated exposure to or imagination of that stimulus.
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