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.
- photoreproduce
- photoreproduction
- photoresist
- photoresistance
- photoresistive
- photoresistor
- photorespiration
- photorespiratory
- photorespire
- photorespired
- photoresponse
- photoresponsive
- photoreversal
- photoreversibility
- photoreversible
- photo-revolver
- photoscan
- photoscanner
- photoscanning
- photoscope
- photoscopic
- photosculptural
- photosculpture
- photosensitisation
- photosensitise