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单词 sensitize
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sensitize

[ sen-si-tahyz ]
/ ˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz /
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verb (used with object), sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.

to render sensitive.
Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.

verb (used without object), sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.

to become sensitized.
Also especially British, sen·si·tise .

Origin of sensitize

First recorded in 1855–60; sensit(ive) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM sensitize

Words nearby sensitize

sensitive plant, sensitivity, sensitivity group, sensitivity training, sensitization, sensitize, sensitized antigen, sensitized cell, sensitizing dye, sensitometer, sensitometric curve
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Example sentences from the Web for sensitize

  • Use unglazed writing-paper, and sensitize a strip at the top a little larger than the picture to be printed on it.

    Harper's Round Table, September 10, 1895|Various
  • To sensitize the plates I employ a bath of bichromate of potash of six per cent, and again dry them.

    Scientific American, Vol. XLIII.--No. 1. [New Series.], July 3, 1880|Various
  • To sensitize, immerse the silk in a 20 grain solution of silver nitrate for about sixteen minutes.

    Photographic Amusements, Ninth Edition|Walter E. Woodbury and Frank R. Fraprie

British Dictionary definitions for sensitize

sensitize

sensitise

/ (ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz) /

verb

to make or become sensitive
(tr) to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
(tr) photog to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes

Derived forms of sensitize

sensitization or sensitisation, nounsensitizer or sensitiser, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Medical definitions for sensitize

sensitize
[ sĕnsĭ-tīz′ ]

v.

To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by repeated exposure.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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