sensitize
['sensitaiz]
vt. 使敏感, 使感性

vi. 敏感

[医] 致敏, 使敏



sensitize
[ verb ]

1. make sensitive or aware

<verb.change> sensibilise sensibilize sensify sensitise
He was not sensitized to her emotional needs

2. cause to sense; make sensitive

<verb.perception> sensitise
She sensitized me with respect to gender differences in this traditional male-dominated society
My tongue became sensitized to good wine

3. make sensitive to a drug or allergen

<verb.change> sensitise
Long-term exposure to this medicine may sensitize you to the allergen

4. make (a material) sensitive to light, often of a particular colour, by coating it with a photographic emulsion

<verb.change> sensitise
sensitize the photographic film

Sensitize \Sen"si*tize\, v. t. (Photog.)
To render sensitive, or susceptible of being easily acted on
by the actinic rays of the sun; as, sensitized paper or
plate.