Definition of sensitize
sensitized
;sensitizing
transitive verb
: to make sensitive or hypersensitive
intransitive verb
: to become sensitive
sensitizer
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Those mind-numbing exercises in high school—factoring polynomials, conjugating verbs, memorizing the periodic table—were possibly the opposite: mind-sensitizing.
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An ambrotype is a photograph created on a glass plate that has been coated and sensitized in a chemical bath.
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Origin and Etymology of sensitize
sensitive + -ize
SENSITIZE Defined for English Language Learners
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playDefinition of sensitize for English Language Learners
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: to make (someone) more aware of something
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medical : to cause (someone) to become sensitive to a substance and to react to it in a bad way
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