Sensitize has 5 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Verb
1
make sensitive or aware
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
2
cause to sense; make sensitive
"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
"My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
3
make sensitive to a drug or allergen
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
4
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
"sensitize the photographic film"
5
To make (someone or something) sensitive or responsive to certain stimuli.
Example Sentences
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
verb
"She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"
verb
"My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
verb
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
verb
"sensitize the photographic film"
verb
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