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单词 sensitize
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sensitizev.

Brit. /ˈsɛnsᵻtʌɪz/, U.S. /ˈsɛnsəˌtaɪz/
Forms: 1800s– sensitise, 1800s– sensitize.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: sensitive adj., -ize suffix.
Etymology: < sensit- (in sensitive adj.) + -ize suffix.In sense 3a after French sensibiliser sensibilize v.
1. transitive. Photography. To make (photographic paper, film, emulsion, etc.) sensitive to light or other radiation.
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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 CO2sensitises’ 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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