sensitize

Verb
  1. Make sensitive or aware (synset 200273190)
    "He was not sensitized to her emotional needs"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: sensibilise, sensibilize, sensify, sensitise
  2. Cause to sense;
    Make sensitive (synset 202120261)
    "She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society"; "My tongue became sensitized to good wine"
    causes: feel, sense - perceive by a physical sensation, e.g., coming from the skin or muscles
    subtypes:
    same as: sensitise
  3. Make sensitive to a drug or allergen (synset 200575009)
    "Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen"
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: sensitise
  4. Make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion (synset 200574748)
    "sensitize the photographic film"
    referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
    same as: sensitise

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