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sensitize definition

sen·si·tize (sen′sə tīz′)

transitive verb sensitized -·tized′, sensitizing -·tiz′·ing

to make sensitive or susceptible; specif.,
  1. Photog. to make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, etc.
  2. Immunology to make (an individual) sensitive or hypersensitive to an antigen

Etymology: sensit(ive) + -ize

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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