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sen⋅si⋅tize

  [sen-si-tahyz] verb, -tized, -tiz⋅ing.
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–verb (used with object)
1. to render sensitive.
2. Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
3. Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.
–verb (used without object)
4. to become sensitized.
Also, especially British, sen⋅si⋅tise.

Origin:
1855–60; sensit(ive) + -ize

Related forms:
sen⋅si⋅tiz⋅er, noun
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Main Entry: sen·si·tize
Variant: also British sen·si·tise /'sen(t)-s&-"tIz/
Function: transitive verb
InflectedForms: -tized also British -tised; -tiz·ing also British -tis·ing
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive sensitized to the drug>
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sensitize sen·si·tize (sěn'sĭ-tīz')
v. sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing, sen·si·tiz·es
To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by repeated exposure.

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Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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