hypersensitize
verb
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Definition of hypersensitize
: to cause extreme or excessive sensitivity in : to make (something or someone) hypersensitive hypersensitize tumor cells to chemotherapeutic agents … subdued by censorship and hypersensitized by inherited and actual grievances. —Joseph O'Neill Ironically, these painkillers can even end up hypersensitizing people to pain. —Emily Yoffe
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also British
hypersensitisation
noun
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hypersensitize
transitive verb
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Medical Definition of hypersensitize
: to make hypersensitive
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