单词 | sensitize |
释义 | sensitizev. 1. transitive. Photography. To make (photographic paper, film, emulsion, etc.) sensitive to light or other radiation. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > treatment of plates, films, or paper > [verb (transitive)] mercurialize1843 actinize1844 albumenize1850 sensitize1851 wax1853 develop1859 sensibilize1860 organify1873 back1878 salt1878 excite1879 talc1888 alum1889 bleach1889 fume1890 orthochromatize1890 flash1903 pre-expose1925 hypersensitize1954 panchromatize1960 1851 Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 58/1 In order to sensitise the plate, it is necessary that the operator have two crystal or stone troughs, somewhat larger than his plates. c1865 J. Wylde Circle of Sci. I. 153/1 Nitrate of silver..is the salt usually employed to sensitise the paper. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 323/2 A plate should now be coated with collodion in the tent, and sensitised in the usual manner. 1931 N.Y. Times 9 Oct. 22 (caption) It has recently become possible to sensitize film so that a picture may be registered by invisible light in one second's exposure. 1956 E. Mytum Introd. Photogr. Materials iii. 58 If the emulsion is optically sensitized by a dye which absorbs green and yellow light, it is said to be orthochromatic. 2015 C. James Bk. Alternative Photogr. Processes (ed. 3) v. 132/1 You might wish to consider applying a micro application of fumed silica to the paper prior to sensitizing it with silver nitrate. 2. transitive. To cause (a person, their feelings, etc.) to become sensitive (in various senses of the adjective). ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > discern [verb (transitive)] > make sensitive sensitize1873 1873 Salt Lake Daily Tribune 30 Aug. A mind preternaturally sensitized by a life devoted to the aesthetics of the dining table. 1880 L. Wingfield In Her Majesty's Keeping I. 70 Education, while it sensitises a man's fibre, is incapable of turning weakness into strength. 1956 D. V. Smith in R. H. Beck Three R's Plus 119 The power of literature to quicken the understanding and to sensitize the feelings. 1978 Dædalus Spring 228 It is..reasonable to hope that the fraction of abuses, mistakes, surprises, and other alarming problems will drop as the professionals involved become more and more sensitized to the possibility of such problems. 2004 H. Kennedy Just Law (2005) i. 13 It was attacks upon liberty in the USA that sensitised her antennae. 3. a. transitive. Immunology. Originally: to make (blood cells, bacteria, etc.) susceptible to the action of complement by means of antibodies. In later use also: to cause (an animal or person) to produce antibodies to a particular antigenic substance; to cause hypersensitivity or allergy in. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > immunogenesis > sensitization > sensitize [verb (transitive)] resensitize1860 sensibilize1860 sensitize1901 presensitize1923 radiosensitize1952 1901 Trans. Pathol. Soc. London 52 214 If Bordet's view is correct, that the immune body is merely a sensitiser, it is difficult to see why it should require ten times as much to sensitise the corpuscle in one case as in another. 1904 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 10 Sept. 559/2 These bacteria are previously sensitized by union with a substance existing in the plasma. 1953 R. W. Fairbrother Text-bk. Bacteriol. (ed. 7) x. 133 It was later shown that cells, sensitized with a blocking antibody, can be agglutinated by antisera prepared in the rabbit against human globulin. 1970 R. Passmore & J. S. Robson Compan. Med. Stud. II. xxii. 12/1 IgM antibodies are unable to sensitize tissues for anaphylactic reactions..although IgG and IgA molecules, are able to do so. 2001 S. Roaf et al. Ecohouse (2002) vi. 140 Around 40 per cent of children with asthma are sensitized to cat allergens. b. transitive. Physiology. To make (a cell, tissue, organ, or organism) more physiologically reactive, esp. to a hormone, drug, or other agent. ΚΠ 1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Oct. 1473/1 The substance which is produced in the corpus luteum and which sensitizes the mucosa of the uterus has a specific affinity to the uterine tissue. 1922 Jrnl. Physiol. 56 143 The presence of free CO2 ‘sensitises’ the nerve cells to H ions. 1981 R. N. Hardy Endocrine Physiol. ix. 126 This prostaglandin sensitizes the myometrium to the action of oxytocin. 2006 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 361 1227/2 Insulin sensitizes the brain to short-term meal-generated satiety signals. Derivatives ˈsensitized adj. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > treatment of plates, films, or paper > [adjective] mercurialized1648 ferro-prussiate1815 sensitive1839 albumen1850 sensitized1851 bromized1853 waxed1853 salted1855 collodionized1859 collodioned1870 colour-sensitive1879 colour-sensitized1888 unsensitized1889 fumed1890 silvered1890 unfumed1891 orthochromatized1902 backed1906 hypersensitized1914 hypersensitive1937 1851 Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 57/2 The frame containing this slate is removed when the picture is to be taken, and the sensitised plate or paper is inserted in the groove instead. 1890 C. Martin Austral. Girl II. vi. 76 A highly sensitized imagination. 1941 Nature 26 July 116/1 The small, often-repeated doses of these drugs..provide a chance for the patient to become sensitized to the drug. 1974 Times 17 Oct. 20/8 The form is in duplicate on sensitised paper so that each driver can have a copy. 2013 New Yorker 9 Sept. 9/2 Migraine appears to occur in those with a hereditarily sensitized nervous system. ˈsensitizing n. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [noun] > delicacy of > creation of sensitizing1851 society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > photography > treatment of plates, films, or paper > [noun] mercurializing1841 mercurialization1843 albumenizing1851 sensitizing1851 sensibilization1855 sensitization1857 albuminization1868 fuming1889 aluming1896 orthochromatizing1903 lenticulation1916 hypersensitizing1920 panchromatizing1922 hypersensitization1933 pre-exposure1937 latensification1940 1851 Hogg's Instructor New Ser. 6 58/1 The sensitising process must take place in an apartment where there is scarcely any light. 1877 W. H. Mallock New Republic II. iii. iii. 50 Culture is..the sensitising of the mental palate—the making it a good taster. 1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Oct. 1473/1 This process of sensitizing enables the connective tissue of the uterine mucosa to proliferate periodically. 1993 Washington Post 16 Jan. a16 /2 The Germans did a very good job in the training and sensitizing of the national police force. 2007 Jrnl. Plant Physiol. 164 427/1 The induction of CYP98A5 by DC-SA and DC-INA may have implications for the conditioning and sensitizing of the cells to a more rapid and effective defense response. ˈsensitizing adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > discernment, discrimination > [adjective] > with delicacy > making delicate sensitizing1852 the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > [adjective] > making sensitive or tender melting1593 softening1600 sensitizing1852 toning1891 1852 Aide-mémoire to Mil. Sci. III. 126 In warm bright weather the chloride may be reduced from 10 to 7 grains per ounce, and the silver in the sensitizing bath must be reduced in proportion. 1886 J. R. Lowell in Atlantic Monthly Suppl. 2/1 It is not their antiquity, but its association with man, that endows them [sc. ancient buildings] with such sensitizing potency. 1909 Jrnl. Amer. Med. Assoc. 30 Oct. 1471/2 I have..been able to ascribe a definite function to the corpus luteum, namely, that of supplying a sensitizing substance to the uterus. 1947 Ann. Rev. Microbiol. 1 299 For the rapid production of allergic encephalitis in both the monkey and the guinea pig the presence of mycobacteria in the sensitizing injection seems to be essential. 2003 K. Hunger Industr. Dyes v. 511 The formation of J-aggregates by the adsorbed dyes is often a critical factor for the performance of sensitizing dyes. 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