unsensitized

adjective

un·sen·si·tized | \ ˌən-ˈsen(t)-sə-ˌtīzd

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Definition of unsensitized

: not made sensitive or hypersensitive : not sensitized unsensitized patients

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The authors also dissected out both sensory and motor neurons from unsensitized animals and exposed these to the RNA. — John Timmer, Ars Technica, "Researchers claim to have transferred a memory between two sea slugs," 16 May 2018

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