sensitize

[ sen-si-tahyz ]
/ ˈsɛn sɪˌtaɪz /

verb (used with object), sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.

to render sensitive.
Photography. to render (a film or the like) sensitive to light or other forms of radiant energy.
Immunology. to render sensitive to an antigenic substance.

verb (used without object), sen·si·tized, sen·si·tiz·ing.

to become sensitized.
Also especially British, sen·si·tise.

Origin of sensitize

First recorded in 1855–60; sensit(ive) + -ize

OTHER WORDS FROM sensitize

Words nearby sensitize

sensitiveness, sensitivity, sensitivity group, sensitivity training, sensitization, sensitize, sensitized antigen, sensitized cell, sensitizing dye, sensitometer, sensitometric curve

British Dictionary definitions for non-sensitizing

sensitize

sensitise

/ (ˈsɛnsɪˌtaɪz) /

verb

to make or become sensitive
(tr) to render (an individual) sensitive to a drug, allergen, etc
(tr) photog to make (a material) sensitive to light or to other actinic radiation, esp to light of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion often containing special chemicals, such as dyes

Derived forms of sensitize

sensitization or sensitisation, noun sensitizer or sensitiser, noun

Medical definitions for non-sensitizing

sensitize
[ sĕn′sĭ-tīz′ ]

v.

To make hypersensitive or reactive to an antigen, such as pollen, especially by repeated exposure.