desensitizev.

/diːˈsɛnsɪtʌɪz/

Etymology: < de- prefix 2a + sensitize v.

transitive. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of. spec.

a. Photography. To reduce the sensitivity to light of (a plate or film). Also intransitive.

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1904 Brit. & Col. Printer 10 Mar. 15/2 Don't leave the plate too long out of the bath or it will desensitise.

b. Medicine. To render (a person or animal) insensitive to an allergen.

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the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment of specific diseases or conditions > treat specific diseases or conditions [verb (transitive)] > cure of hypersensitivity

desensitize1924

hyposensitize1939

1924 R. C. Low Anaphylaxis & Sensitisation x. 197 Any attempt to desensitise patients by repeated applications of the irritant are [sic] not likely to be successful.

1955 Sci. News Let. 13 Aug. 106/3 Meanwhile, for the hay fever sufferer this season, shots to desensitize, or immunize, him against the pollens are the best that can be offered.

c. Psychiatry. To free (someone) from a neurosis or complex.

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1968 Listener 15 Feb. 205/2 The patient does desensitise with a tape-recorder alone, but one patient said that without the therapist she wouldn't continue treatment.

d. Printing. To treat (a lithographic stone or plate) with a solution which makes the areas not bearing an image repel printing-ink. Also intransitive, to become insensitive (rare).

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1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) xii. 383 The portions of the stone that have not been drawn upon are so desensitized that..if printing ink is smeared on these areas, it may easily be washed off.

Derivatives

deˌsensitiˈzation n. the act or process of desensitizing.

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1924 R. C. Low Anaphylaxis & Sensitisation x. 197 One attack of dermatitis venenata does not produce an immunity or desensitisation to further attacks.

1935 F. E. Howard & F. L. Patry Mental Health xiv. 318 The enucleation of ‘sore-spots’ or complex-determined topics, memories, associations and reactions which require desensitization and replacement by more wholesome resources and performances.

1937 Sunday Disp. 16 May 17 Thereafter, a course of special injections (known as ‘desensitisation’) is given in gradually increased doses to accustom the system to the guilty factor.

1937 Discovery Oct. 299/1 The fixing of a photographic plate by desensitisation.

1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xcii. 81 For 40 years I have seen..desensitization.

1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 709/2 On the allergic hypothesis, desensitization of the patient to the allergens to which he is sensitive seems the most rational treatment to attempt.

1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 413/1 Bronchoconstriction and histamine release..were followed by desensitisation.

deˈsensitizer n. a desensitizing agent.

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1921 Glasgow Herald 6 Apr. 7 The discovery of phenosafranin as a desensitiser.

1922 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 369 The transparent backing.. acts as a powerful desensitiser.

1940 A. L. M. Sowerby Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 190 A desensitiser is a substance which, when applied to a sensitive emulsion, reduces its sensitivity to light.

deˈsensitizing n. and adj.

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1921 Glasgow Herald 9 Mar. 7 A single bottle contains enough solution for the desensitising of hundreds of small plates.

1921 Glasgow Herald 11 May 7 The desensitising properties of pheno-safranine.

1922 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 368 The desensitising action.

1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 413/2 The desensitising effects of increasing small doses of a specific antigen.

1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset xiii. 198 Whereas counter-etching is to clean the plate surface to hold the image, pre-etching follows counter-etching or surface treatment and is generally known as a desensitising etch.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	desensitize
释义	desensitizev. /diːˈsɛnsɪtʌɪz/ Etymology: < de- prefix 2a + sensitize v. transitive. To reduce or eliminate the sensitivity of. spec. a. Photography. To reduce the sensitivity to light of (a plate or film). Also intransitive. ΚΠ 1904 Brit. & Col. Printer 10 Mar. 15/2 Don't leave the plate too long out of the bath or it will desensitise. b. Medicine. To render (a person or animal) insensitive to an allergen. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > treatment of specific diseases or conditions > treat specific diseases or conditions [verb (transitive)] > cure of hypersensitivity desensitize1924 hyposensitize1939 1924 R. C. Low Anaphylaxis & Sensitisation x. 197 Any attempt to desensitise patients by repeated applications of the irritant are [sic] not likely to be successful. 1955 Sci. News Let. 13 Aug. 106/3 Meanwhile, for the hay fever sufferer this season, shots to desensitize, or immunize, him against the pollens are the best that can be offered. c. Psychiatry. To free (someone) from a neurosis or complex. ΚΠ 1968 Listener 15 Feb. 205/2 The patient does desensitise with a tape-recorder alone, but one patient said that without the therapist she wouldn't continue treatment. d. Printing. To treat (a lithographic stone or plate) with a solution which makes the areas not bearing an image repel printing-ink. Also intransitive, to become insensitive (rare). ΚΠ 1951 R. Mayer Artist's Handbk. (new ed.) xii. 383 The portions of the stone that have not been drawn upon are so desensitized that..if printing ink is smeared on these areas, it may easily be washed off. Derivatives deˌsensitiˈzation n. the act or process of desensitizing. ΚΠ 1924 R. C. Low Anaphylaxis & Sensitisation x. 197 One attack of dermatitis venenata does not produce an immunity or desensitisation to further attacks. 1935 F. E. Howard & F. L. Patry Mental Health xiv. 318 The enucleation of ‘sore-spots’ or complex-determined topics, memories, associations and reactions which require desensitization and replacement by more wholesome resources and performances. 1937 Sunday Disp. 16 May 17 Thereafter, a course of special injections (known as ‘desensitisation’) is given in gradually increased doses to accustom the system to the guilty factor. 1937 Discovery Oct. 299/1 The fixing of a photographic plate by desensitisation. 1955 E. Pound Section: Rock-drill xcii. 81 For 40 years I have seen..desensitization. 1959 Chambers's Encycl. I. 709/2 On the allergic hypothesis, desensitization of the patient to the allergens to which he is sensitive seems the most rational treatment to attempt. 1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 413/1 Bronchoconstriction and histamine release..were followed by desensitisation. deˈsensitizer n. a desensitizing agent. ΚΠ 1921 Glasgow Herald 6 Apr. 7 The discovery of phenosafranin as a desensitiser. 1922 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 369 The transparent backing.. acts as a powerful desensitiser. 1940 A. L. M. Sowerby Wall's Dict. Photogr. (ed. 15) 190 A desensitiser is a substance which, when applied to a sensitive emulsion, reduces its sensitivity to light. deˈsensitizing n. and adj. ΚΠ 1921 Glasgow Herald 9 Mar. 7 A single bottle contains enough solution for the desensitising of hundreds of small plates. 1921 Glasgow Herald 11 May 7 The desensitising properties of pheno-safranine. 1922 Brit. Jrnl. Photogr. Almanac 368 The desensitising action. 1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 413/2 The desensitising effects of increasing small doses of a specific antigen. 1967 E. Chambers Photolitho-offset xiii. 198 Whereas counter-etching is to clean the plate surface to hold the image, pre-etching follows counter-etching or surface treatment and is generally known as a desensitising etch. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < v.1904
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