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sensitize
/ˈsɛnsəˌtaɪz/ · 9 letters · 6 distinct letters
- verb
make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
- verb
cause to sense; make sensitive
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male dominated society
- verb
make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
- verb
make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film