ALL meanings of sensitize
sen·si·tize
S s - transitive verb sensitize make sb sensitive 1
- intransitive verb sensitize make sb more sensitive to sth 1
- transitive verb sensitize make sth more sensitive 1
- intransitive verb sensitize organism, etc.: make sensitive to sth 1
- transitive verb sensitize photography: make light-sensitive 1
- verb with object sensitize to render sensitive. 1
- verb with object sensitize Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy. 1
- verb with object sensitize Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance. 1
- verb without object sensitize to become sensitized. 1
- verb sensitize If you sensitize people to a particular problem or situation, you make them aware of it. 0
- verb sensitize If a substance is sensitized to something such as light or touch, it is made sensitive to it. 0
- verb sensitize to make or become sensitive 0
- verb sensitize to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc 0
- verb sensitize to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes 0
- verb transitive sensitize to make sensitive or susceptible 0
- verb transitive sensitize to make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, etc. 0
- verb transitive sensitize to make (an individual) sensitive or hypersensitive to an antigen 0