Verb: sensitize 'sen-su,tIz
- Make sensitive or aware
"He was not sensitized to her emotional needs";
- sensitise [Brit], sensify [rare], sensibilize [rare], sensibilise [Brit]
- 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";
- sensitise [Brit]
- Make sensitive to a drug or allergen
"Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen";
- sensitise [Brit]
- (photography) make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
"sensitize the photographic film";
- sensitise [Brit]
Derived forms: sensitizes, sensitizing, sensitized
Type of: alter, change, modify
Antonym: desensitize
Encyclopedia: Sensitize