presensitizationn.adj.
/priːˌsɛnsᵻtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/, U.S. /priˌsɛnsədəˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/, /ˈprisɛnsəˌtaɪzeɪʃ(ə)n/ Chiefly Physiology and Medicine.
A. n.
Sensitization beforehand.
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sensibilization1855
sensitization1904
presensitization1935
radiosensitization1951
1935 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) A. 234 514 At a certain stage..the reactions suddenly become enormously rapid and ignition ensues—it is these processes preliminary to ignition that are referred to as ‘presensitization’.
1962 Amer. Naturalist 96 214 Rabbit antisera..were prepared by various immunological methods such as presensitization, intravenous injection and subcutaneous injection.
1988 A. M. Silverstein Hist. Immunol. xi. 280 It was now noted that presensitization for ‘second-set rejection’ requires living cells.
2005 Tuberculosis (Edinb.) 85 73 One possible reason for this variation [in the efficacy of BCG vaccine] is the effect of presensitization with environmental mycobacteria.
B. adj. (attributive).
Existing or occurring before sensitization.
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presensitization1964
1964 W. G. Smith Allergy & Tissue Metabolism ii. 28 These responses rapidly returned to pre-sensitisation levels.
1990 Toxicol. Pathol. 18 643 The WBC parameters remained within the normal range and returned to pre-sensitization values at the later intervals.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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