photosensitization
/ˌfəʊtə(ʊ)sɛnsɪtʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also photosensitisation)
noun
1 Chemistry. The initiation of a reaction by light acting on a suitable photosensitizer.
2 Medicine. The production or condition of photosensitivity.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Hugh Stoff Taylor (1890–1974). From photo- + sensitization, after photosensitize.
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