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sensitizer

Variant of sensitize

transitive verb sensitized, sensitizing

to make sensitive or susceptible; specif.,

Photog. to make (a film or plate) sensitive to light, etc.
Immunology to make (an individual) sensitive or hypersensitive to an antigen

Origin: sensit(ive) + -ize

Related Forms:

sensitization noun
sensitizer noun

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