单词 | hypersensitize |
释义 | hypersensitize in British English or hypersensitise (ˌhaɪpəˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz) verb (transitive) to treat (a photographic emulsion), usually after manufacture and shortly before exposure, to increase its speed Derived forms hypersensitization (ˌhyperˌsensitiˈzation) or hypersensitisation (ˌhyperˌsensitiˈsation) noun hypersensitize in American English (ˌhaipərˈsensɪˌtaiz) transitive verbWord forms: -tized, -tizing Also esp Brit hypersensitise1. Photography to treat (a film or emulsion) so as to increase its speed 2. Pathology to strongly heighten a reaction upon reexposure to a particular antigen Derived forms hypersensitization noun Word origin [1895–1900; hypersensit(ive) + -ize]This word is first recorded in the period 1895–1900. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Marxism, apothecaries' measure, backwind, flamenco, slapstick-ize is a verb-forming suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Greek that have enteredEnglish through Latin or French (baptize; barbarize; catechize); within English, -ize is added to adjectives and nouns to form transitive verbs with the general senses“to render, make” (actualize; fossilize; sterilize; Americanize), “to convert into, give a specified character or form to” (computerize; dramatize; itemize; motorize), “to subject to (as a process, sometimes named after its originator)” (hospitalize; terrorize; galvanize; oxidize; simonize; winterize). Also formed with -ize are a more heterogeneous group of verbs, usually intransitive, denoting a changeof state (crystallize), kinds or instances of behavior (apologize; moralize; tyrannize), or activities (economize; philosophize; theorize) |
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