Sensitize - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈsensətaɪz|  American pronunciation of the word sensitize
Brit.  |ˈsensɪtaɪz|  British pronunciation of the word sensitize

verb

- make sensitive or aware
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs
- cause to sense; make sensitive
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine
- make sensitive to a drug or allergen
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen
- make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion
sensitize the photographic film

Extra examples

He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society

My tongue became sensitized to good wine

Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: sensitize
he/she/it: sensitizes
present participle: sensitizing
past tense: sensitized
past participle: sensitized
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